0:00:03 > 0:00:08This charming market town I'm in today has had a rather turbulent and exciting past.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12Marauding Danes and martyred saints, the Black Death and more recently,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15the TV character Lovejoy have all played their part.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18Welcome to Flog It! from Bury St Edmunds.
0:00:50 > 0:00:56The medieval town of Bury St Edmunds grew up around the gates of the Benedictine monastery,
0:00:56 > 0:01:01founded here in 1020 by the East Anglian king Canute.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04But fast-forward to the 1980s and '90s,
0:01:04 > 0:01:08and you'll find this area was hugely popular for the TV drama Lovejoy -
0:01:08 > 0:01:10the lovable rogue antique dealer
0:01:10 > 0:01:14with the instinctive feel for the finer things in life.
0:01:14 > 0:01:19Lovejoy's sidekicks and bloodhounds on the trail of antiques were Tinker and Eric.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Do these two remind you of anybody?
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Well, my friends and colleagues today, experts Adam Partridge and David Barby,
0:01:25 > 0:01:28who are also a pair of lovable rogues!
0:01:28 > 0:01:29And I'm sure there'll be a fine mix
0:01:29 > 0:01:33of family heirlooms and car-boot finds turning up here today.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35So let's get started.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37And Adam's first off the block.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43- Hi, Glynis.- Hello.- How are you doing today?- Fine, thank you.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- Good. You're excited about this, aren't you?- Very!
0:01:46 > 0:01:48You've been looking forward to it.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50- So you've brought this chest of drawers?- Yes.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53- Where did you get this from? - My daughter's house.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- Does she know you've got it?- Oh, yes! She's pleased to get rid of it.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01- How did she get it, then? - She bought a house and contents. - Bought a house with the contents?
0:02:01 > 0:02:03- Yes.- Really? - Yes.- They still do that?
0:02:03 > 0:02:07- Well, in a slow market, they do. - When did she do that?- 18 months ago.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Is that all? And this was in it?
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- It was.- Well, that was OK! It's a bit of a bonus.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14- Is it an expensive house? - No, it wasn't!
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- It's going to be a bit cheaper now! - Definitely!
0:02:17 > 0:02:20It's a sweet little thing, really. I mean, it's had a bit of a life.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24- It has.- That happened this morning, didn't it?- It did.- Who did that?
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- My partner.- Your partner? There he is, over there.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- Mmm.- As if butter wouldn't melt!
0:02:29 > 0:02:33So, it's a miniature chest made in walnut.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Dating to around the Edwardian period.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Early 20th century. We call this a Wellington chest.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Known as a Wellington chest because of the side locking bar here.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47I believe the Duke of Wellington commissioned a chest in the 19th century
0:02:47 > 0:02:50and didn't want to have to lock every single drawer.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52So they designed a chest with this side locking bar.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55When that is locked, these won't open.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Then when that's unlocked, they are all open.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59These are popular little chests.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04- I'm surprised you didn't want it. Do you collect anything?- No. Not that old!
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Collectors like these little chests of drawers.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Often known as apprentice pieces because an apprentice furniture-maker
0:03:10 > 0:03:15would first of all make things in miniature to show their skills.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19And of course it's finished along the back as well, which is quite a nice feature.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23And there we are. Is that yours as well? Does that come with it?
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- That comes with it.- Brilliant! Any idea what it's worth?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28- No.- Not much.- Not a lot!
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Not much. Because it's a bit battered. I think it's worth £50 to £80.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- Oh, that much? - That's all right, isn't it?
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- It's fine, yes.- Not too bad at all. And who gets the money, then?
0:03:38 > 0:03:40My daughter, probably.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- You're not going to get commission? - Probably not.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46You should get a delivery fee at least, shouldn't you?!
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Do you think she'd want it back, or shall we put it in at no reserve?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- Put it in no reserve.- Yeah?- Yeah. - Well, thanks for bring it along.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Let's hope it goes well at the auction.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Sam, this little object you brought along, it's rather amusing.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Where did you get it from?
0:04:07 > 0:04:12Well, my mum inherited it from her aunt. So it's my great-aunt.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- Right.- And it was just left in the house when she died.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20So we just picked it up and brought it home. Cos we thought it was quite cute, you know, different.
0:04:20 > 0:04:26It's a piece of bronze, a bronze casting, it's from a place very close to where I live, which is Birmingham.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30And in the 19th and 20th century, Birmingham was a great industrial centre.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34A lot of silversmithing went on there, and also a lot of bronze casting.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36And this is a little paperweight.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40I think given as a freebie to valued customers.
0:04:40 > 0:04:47So this head and shoulders study, a caricature of two men.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52So there were two men involved in the company - a Mr May and a Mr Padmore.
0:04:52 > 0:04:59The character is called Mr Maymore. So it's a combination of the two.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03So one of them could have worn a sort of trilby hat, stuck on the side of his head,
0:05:03 > 0:05:07and the other one could have smoked that huge sort of Sherlock Holmes pipe.
0:05:07 > 0:05:13So here we have an amusing little piece that has also "Xmas 1923"
0:05:13 > 0:05:18on the bottom. And that could have been given to valued customers.
0:05:18 > 0:05:23- It's cast in bronze, so it's not just a cheap little thing.- Ooh.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27As regards putting it up for auction,
0:05:27 > 0:05:30I predict somewhere between £25 and £50.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33That sort of price range. Do you want to go ahead and sell it?
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Yes, because it's of no sentimental value to me. You know.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42I was just interested to find out what it was. So, yeah, flog it!
0:05:42 > 0:05:45- Thank you very much for bringing it along!- Thank you, David.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Bob, this is fantastic memorabilia.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55It really is social history.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57For Norwich, really. Samuel Bignold,
0:05:57 > 0:06:03born the 13th October 1791, died 2nd January 1875.
0:06:03 > 0:06:09Someone has collected all of this into three separate scrapbooks.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Lots of family photographs. Are you related to the family?
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- No, not at all, no. - And so how did you come by this?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Well, I'd taken the garden refuse to the skip one day...
0:06:18 > 0:06:20What, here in Bury?
0:06:20 > 0:06:26Here in Bury, yes. And after depositing the rubbish, these were outside the skip on the floor.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30So I looked at some of the photographs, and I was so intrigued
0:06:30 > 0:06:34- I took them and I've had them ever since.- I don't blame you. - That's five years ago.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37So when you found them, what was the first thing you did?
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- You obviously didn't know who he was, did you?- Not a clue, no.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43I took them home and I was really intrigued by them.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48I love them. And as I say, I've had them on my shelf and I saw the advert for "Flog It!".
0:06:48 > 0:06:52And so I thought, well, I'll just bring them down and see what they think.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55And he was the founder of Norwich Union?
0:06:55 > 0:06:59He was one of the founder members of Norwich Union and Colman's Mustard.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Incredible. Absolutely incredible.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Look at all this handwriting! This is obviously all his.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Everything's dated and so well documented.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- It is absolutely incredible, isn't it?- Yeah, I think so.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13The condition of some of these photographs is superb.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Look at this - a family gathering at the lodge in 1873.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Have you not contacted a museum in Norwich?
0:07:20 > 0:07:25No, I rang up, when I went to the local one in Bury and they told me to ring Norwich, gave me the number.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28And on ringing them, it was an answerphone.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32So I rang three times during the day and I left a message the third time.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34And no-one ever came back to me.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40So, six months ago, I rang up again and they gave me the National Heritage.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42And they were very interested.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- I bet they were. - And said, would I...?
0:07:44 > 0:07:48- Donate it?- Donate it to them, or loan it to them.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- That's a good idea.- Well, I was OK with that.- Why didn't you do that?
0:07:51 > 0:07:56For the reason being, when I said, "Oh, they go on show for people to see them?",
0:07:56 > 0:07:59and they said, "Well, no, they are kept in a cellar."
0:07:59 > 0:08:03- In the archives?- And I thought, well, I might as well just have left them in the skip, really.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06What was the point of having them just in a cellar?
0:08:06 > 0:08:10Well, I guess some museums, they have an archive collection
0:08:10 > 0:08:15and if people specifically request to see something, they'll let them do it.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17And this is his chequebook?
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- Yes.- My word, some of these cheques are for loads of money, aren't they?
0:08:20 > 0:08:25Back here in what, 1871, and there's a cheque here for £9,000.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28The following month, £8,000.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Now that equates to around about £800,000 of today's money.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34I'm led to believe that, yeah.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39My word! I wouldn't know what sort of price to put on this.
0:08:39 > 0:08:44- I mean, considering you found them in a skip, it's cost you nothing, has it?- Not at all, no.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46- Shall we put it into auction?- Yeah.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48With a value of around £100 to £200?
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- And hopefully it's going to sell. - Yes, that's fine.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55- Hopefully it's going to make a bit more than that.- Yes. - Do you want a reserve on this?
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- No.- No. So it's going to go.- Yeah.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01No reserve, and hopefully we'll get around 100 to 200.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Welcome to "Flog It!", Margaret.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14It's a very pretty tea service you've brought along. Pure Art Deco.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Real 1930s look, isn't it?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- Yes, it is. - Why have you brought it along today?
0:09:18 > 0:09:23Well, I was interested to come to the programme and I was interested about this.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26And I thought I'd ask your advice. And I don't really need it.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- So I'm happy to have it auctioned. - Where did you get it from?
0:09:29 > 0:09:34I found it in the back of my aunt's cupboard when she died about 15, 16 years ago.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38- The house was going up for auction and I found this in the cupboard. - So you rescued it?- Yes.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42- Very good. And how many times have you used it since?- Never.- Never?!
0:09:42 > 0:09:46- I don't drink tea.- Right! And if you did, you may not use it anyway?
0:09:46 > 0:09:47No, I wouldn't use it.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51I'm sure there's a lot of tea sets hanging around in cupboards nowadays.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54- I'm sure there are, yes.- And there's not a great demand for the majority.
0:09:54 > 0:09:59But this is a nice one, isn't it? And it's very Art Deco in the Pan design.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01You can see Pan there with his pipes.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03And Burleigh Ware.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08Made by a factory called Burgess and Leigh, which is where they get the Burleigh from.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- And a nice shape, isn't it?- Yes.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Teapot, milk jug and six cups and saucers.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19The majority of tea services we see are usually of low value
0:10:19 > 0:10:22and also, you hardly ever see any that are entire.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27Whether it's a chipped spout on the teapot or one cup less, one saucer less...
0:10:27 > 0:10:34But you've got everything here. You got the 21 pieces, plus a teapot, plus a little preserve dish as well.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38So 23 pieces. The only piece of damage I can see is the little crack on there.
0:10:38 > 0:10:44- One cup, yes.- Do you have anything else to declare?! - No, I don't! I didn't do that!
0:10:44 > 0:10:48I'm sure you didn't, I just wondered if you were aware of any other...?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50No, I saw that when I packed it up today.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Right. Well, it's a pretty set.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Any idea what it might be worth?
0:10:54 > 0:10:57I have no idea. I'm entirely in your hands.
0:10:57 > 0:11:03Right. Well, I've sold a few of these before. And we usually put them around £100 to £150 estimate.
0:11:03 > 0:11:09- How do you feel about that? - That's fine by me. Absolutely fine, yes.- Would you like a reserve price?
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- I think probably we should protect it with some sort of reserve.- Probably.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16- You tell me what you think. - I would suggest 80.- That's fine.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20- If it doesn't make 80, perhaps it should go back in the cupboard...- Take it back!
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Absolutely.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34Rosemary, lovely to see you again after, how many years?
0:11:34 > 0:11:38Oh, it must be about 40 years since we first knew each other.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Because we used to go to the same youth club.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- Yes.- Great fun in those days.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45- We had a lovely time. - Absolutely wonderful.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48And the parties, the parties at my parents' house.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53Yes. It was all so enjoyable. It seems like an alien world.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55- When you look at today, yeah. - Dear, oh, dear.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Why are you getting rid of these?
0:11:59 > 0:12:02They're my husband's.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06They belonged to my mother-in-law, who died, and she wanted him to have them
0:12:06 > 0:12:09but he doesn't like them and nobody else in the family likes them,
0:12:09 > 0:12:11so I thought I'd come along and see.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14- Surely they have sentimental value. - He says not.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17I used to collect Staffordshire when I was young.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21I had a huge collection and I've told people many times
0:12:21 > 0:12:25- about how they lasted about three months when I got married.- Yes.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29I like these because they're fairly late 19th century.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- Yes.- But I like them because of their sponged work.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35So if you look at Judy, because they're Punch and Judy, this one here.
0:12:35 > 0:12:41They have all this stencilled and sponged decoration all the way around the hat
0:12:41 > 0:12:43and on her dress, which is quite good.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48And when we look at Mr Punch, we've got sponge decoration on his hat.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52- It is so unusual to find them with their original bonnets and hats.- Really?
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Yeah. So this is quite nice.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58I notice that Mr Punch has had...the comb on his hat
0:12:58 > 0:13:01has been off but it's glued back and it's an old repair.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03I don't mind that. I don't mind that.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- It's all part of his character.- Well, yes.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08I have seen these before.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Because the Staffordshire market, it's not gone in decline,
0:13:11 > 0:13:14but it's not in demand as it was a few years ago,
0:13:14 > 0:13:16or when I started collecting 40 years ago.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- Forty...a long time ago, yes. - A long time ago.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Um, so I think if I look at these and put a value on them,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- I'm going to say about 60 to 80.- Right, yes.
0:13:25 > 0:13:30If you'd put these up for sale ten years ago, you'd have got treble that.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Just shows the fluctuation in fashion and demand.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34But that's just it, isn't it?
0:13:34 > 0:13:39We've moved house and we have nowhere at all to put them.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42They're on top of the wardrobe so this is a good opportunity...
0:13:42 > 0:13:48- Well, I think Punch and Judy deserve a better place than the top of the wardrobe.- They do, don't they? Yes.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52- Perhaps some cottage in this area and they'd look very good on a dresser.- Yes.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53Let's hope when we go to Diss,
0:13:53 > 0:13:57that somebody's going to be there that appreciates what we've got in front of us.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- Thank you. - Rosemary, lovely seeing you.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- Nice to see you again. - Thank you very much.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Now imagine living in a beautiful old house
0:14:15 > 0:14:17in the countryside just like this one.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20A dream come true for most of us.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23But what happens when things start to go wrong with it?
0:14:23 > 0:14:30For Paula Sunshine, a problem with her house turned into a real mission in life, believe me.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33And it also unearthed some hidden passions.
0:14:37 > 0:14:43Eleven years ago, Paula and her husband bought this 500-year-old timber-framed house.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47Soon after, they found it had a terrible damp problem,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50but they could find nobody to help them sort it out,
0:14:50 > 0:14:53so Paula literally took matters into her own hands
0:14:53 > 0:14:56and has spent the last decade sorting out its problems
0:14:56 > 0:14:59and returning this house to its former glory.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03And I'm here to find out how she set about doing it.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10Paula learnt many traditional skills from bricklaying to lime plastering,
0:15:10 > 0:15:15but the one I'm here to find out about is wattle and daub, an age-old form of wall panelling
0:15:15 > 0:15:18which, in Paula's house, had been destroyed by damp.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22Paula, I love what you've done to the house. It's absolutely stunning.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27You've got that whole theme running throughout as well. Love the decor.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30We talk about wattle and daub. Look at these uprights.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32These would have been in-filled.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Yes. In fact, you can still see the ledges here, but these
0:15:35 > 0:15:38ledges are missing their wattles, which are the upright ones.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42- Which would be, what, local willow? - Hazel. Hazel rods.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Hazel rods.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- Tied on.- And then you plaster on top of that with your render?
0:15:47 > 0:15:53You do one side and then you come round and daub the other one.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Wattle and daub panels do perform a function.
0:15:56 > 0:16:01They're lungs of the building, so when you get rain water entering into render cracks,
0:16:01 > 0:16:04which everybody does, they may not know about it,
0:16:04 > 0:16:07but it's happening inside the walls,
0:16:07 > 0:16:11that soaks into the wattle and daub and then evaporates through the panel.
0:16:11 > 0:16:12And it's all very invisible.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17You don't see it happening, but it allows that moisture to dissipate and dry out.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21- And can we have a go at that? - You can.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Now? Shall we?
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Right, Paula. I guess the main ingredient is the clay.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36Where do you get this from?
0:16:36 > 0:16:42- Usually, the local farmer. I try and get it as local as possible, because...- Transporting it, yes.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Also that's what they would have done originally.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48All the ponds that you see next to old buildings tend to have been
0:16:48 > 0:16:52made by the extraction of the clay to do the wattle and daub.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56That'll do.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59- And you tread that in?- That's right.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Jump in, squash it down.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05It's quite therapeutic, isn't it, really?
0:17:05 > 0:17:07It is quite satisfying.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09It's quite interesting, these days,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12to find a material that is so simple
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- that can actually be used to build houses with.- Yes.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18Then we add some of this straw.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23What will the straw do to this? Help it bind together?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Yes, it actually bulks up the mix,
0:17:25 > 0:17:30better insulation and also stops it from breaking up as it dries.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34So you put the straw in like that and tread it in.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39- Keeps you fit, doesn't it?- It does.
0:17:41 > 0:17:42Bit more water.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Bit more water, make it really sloppy.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46That's it.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49So just explain the two differences - the wattle and the daub.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53The wattle is the bit, the hazel bit,
0:17:53 > 0:17:56or you can have oak, and the daub is what I'm standing in.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59- The magical mix. - You've got to turn over now.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03- Are you ready for this.- Which is the clay and straw and water.- Yes.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06I teach homeowners and I sometimes go on site and teach builders.
0:18:06 > 0:18:11Passing on this kind of information is so important, it really is.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13It's a very expensive thing to have done.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15- It's labour intensive. - Very.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18I mean, you can see I can only do...
0:18:18 > 0:18:20To make up the daub and to wattle up a panel,
0:18:20 > 0:18:24about my height and size it takes a day.
0:18:24 > 0:18:29So it would be very expensive to have 100 panels in your house repaired.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32So people tend to say, "I'll go and learn how to do it".
0:18:32 > 0:18:34One more bit of treading then.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Yes.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40- I hear you've got a nice gooey mix there now.- All right.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42I think...
0:18:42 > 0:18:45You give that a turn and it's ready to use.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50That's it.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Put it in the wheelbarrow and we'll get daubing.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58- Heavy.- Yes, it is, isn't it?
0:18:58 > 0:19:00- Waste not want not.- Ah.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Every bit is precious.
0:19:04 > 0:19:05OK.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17- We've got two panels here. - We have.- They look a bit different.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19That is what you were explaining inside?
0:19:19 > 0:19:22That's right. And that method's peculiar to East Anglia,
0:19:22 > 0:19:26whereas down the south of the country
0:19:26 > 0:19:29you get this sort of woven panel,
0:19:29 > 0:19:31mainly because they have very wide panels
0:19:31 > 0:19:34and once they go over a certain width you can't really
0:19:34 > 0:19:38do this tied method because it becomes too flexible
0:19:38 > 0:19:40whereas the woven method is much more rigid.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44When you're doing a woven panel, it has to be green hazel, that is,
0:19:44 > 0:19:48it's cut and then used fresh, whereas with these they can be as old as the hills, really.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51I've even used really ancient hazel.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55- Is that because as they start to dry out they get rigid, they're not pliable?- Yes.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57You need to be able to bend them.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Well, I'm feeling quite pliable. We're now going to
0:20:00 > 0:20:04put some plaster... put our daub on, should I say?
0:20:04 > 0:20:05And your rubber gloves.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Which I've got in my pocket. Right, here we go.
0:20:08 > 0:20:13OK. So, you've literally got to put it in by hand
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- and you just force it in.- Yes.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19There's no way you could pick that out with a trowel and plaster it on.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24If you get children to do it, they roll it up into balls and throw it from quite a distance.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27- And it sticks like hell on there. - Effective, yeah!
0:20:27 > 0:20:29I can start anywhere really?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Anywhere you like.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33It's jolly good fun, actually.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39Oh, this is serious stuff, but it does feel really childish.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- That doesn't look too bad now, Paula, does it? - No, it's very good.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00How long will it take you to finish your house?
0:21:00 > 0:21:04Well, I'm 44 now and I'm hoping by the time I'm 50
0:21:04 > 0:21:06I will have done it.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Put your feet up and take it easy.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12You've preserved something for future generations to see.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14- That's what it's all about. - It is.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17I've thoroughly enjoyed myself today. You know that?
0:21:17 > 0:21:20I'm proud of this. I really am.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22- You deserve a cup of tea. - My mud wall.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26Fantastic. Unfortunately, I've got to get back to my day job
0:21:26 > 0:21:29and get back to the valuation day and see what's turning up.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32So better wash up.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46Our experts have been hard at work and it's time to put the valuations to the test.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50It's time for our first visit to the auction rooms.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53This lovely Wellington chest was thrown in with a house sale.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56But will it march away at the auction?
0:21:56 > 0:22:00Back in 1923, this bronze paperweight would have been given away as a gift.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04But let's hope we don't end up giving it away today!
0:22:04 > 0:22:10Thank goodness Bob managed to rescue this valuable record of Colman's Mustard's history from a skip.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15And the problem with inheriting antiques is they're not always to our taste,
0:22:15 > 0:22:20so the best thing for Rosemary to do with her toby jugs is to flog them.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24And finally, we're flogging this 1930s Burleigh tea service.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27It's so unusual to find such a complete set.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30So it should achieve a great price.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36Today's sale comes from TW Gaze auction rooms
0:22:36 > 0:22:38in the heart of Diss in Norfolk.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43And on the rostrum we've got auctioneer and "Flog It!" favourite Elizabeth Talbot.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47And first up for the bidders of Diss is something they can lock their valuables in!
0:22:47 > 0:22:51It's good to meet up with Glynis again. And she keeps saying, "It's going, it's going!"
0:22:51 > 0:22:55- It's gone!- It's gone! Because there is no reserve on this.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- Although we have got a valuation of £50 to £80.- Yes.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01It's been through the wars a bit, but it should be worth that.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- It's tidy.- Any less than 40 would be a bit disappointing.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- What did you use it for? - I never used it.- You never used it?
0:23:07 > 0:23:10- It was left in a house.- Oh, was it? - It was. So, it's a bonus.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13- OK!- Whatever it makes is profit!
0:23:13 > 0:23:15What are we worrying about?!
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Let's get on with business, shall we? Here it is. Good luck.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22The mahogany desktop Wellington chest with four drawers there.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25As you find it. Lovely little chest of drawers.
0:23:25 > 0:23:26Has a key as well. Where am I?
0:23:26 > 0:23:29May I say £50?
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Little Wellington chest at 50. Come on!
0:23:31 > 0:23:33- It's a bit quiet for my liking.- Mmm.
0:23:33 > 0:23:3530 I'll take.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38£30, surely? It's for nothing.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42Come on. 20, at 20, thank you, I'll take two. 22. 25. 28. 30.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44- It'll make 50 quid.- 32 is down below.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46At 32. I'll take five.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50- It's middle bid at 32. Now, where's the five?- It's not a lot,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- is it?- Are you all done at £32?
0:23:53 > 0:23:56£32. Sold. No reserve, it's gone.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00I mean, it's OK. You're happy? Big smile on your face, Glynis!
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Only because I got it wrong!
0:24:02 > 0:24:04What was it, a pint?!
0:24:11 > 0:24:16Sam, this one's definitely here to sell. There's no reserve on this little bronze paperweight.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18- It's gorgeous, isn't it?- It is.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22Now, we've got £25 to £50 on this.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25No reserve. Sam's just told me...
0:24:25 > 0:24:29- What? Come on, tell me!- ..her husband doesn't want to sell it!
0:24:29 > 0:24:33No, he's quite happy - he would have been quite happy if it didn't sell.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37He said to me afterwards, he said, "Oh, I hope it doesn't go."
0:24:37 > 0:24:41- And I said, "Well, it will go!" - I hope it makes a reasonable amount. It's a fun thing.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44It's a fun thing. And it's going under the hammer right now.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47It's the early 20th century bronze figure paperweight.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51This is rather unusual. Depicting the pipe-smoking gentleman.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54I have interest on the sheets. And I start here at £18.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57£18 I have. 20. 2. 25. 28.
0:24:57 > 0:25:0030. 2. 35. 38. 40. 2. 45. 48.
0:25:00 > 0:25:0550. 5. 55 on commission, at 55.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07- That's good, that's very good.- 60?
0:25:07 > 0:25:09At £55, I do have.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Any advance on £55?
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Are you all done?
0:25:13 > 0:25:15£55. Excellent.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18I bet he's chuffed with that. That's a meal out, really.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21It could have gone for a fiver. You'd have been disappointed.
0:25:21 > 0:25:26Yes, we would have been, but I'm really pleased with that. He will be as well.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28- Thank you very much for bringing it in.- Thank you.
0:25:32 > 0:25:38Bob, I've been waiting for this moment ever since I met up with you in Bury St Edmunds.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42We've gone all over Samuel Bignold and the Colman memorabilia.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45If we can trace some of the members of the extended family
0:25:45 > 0:25:49it's worth an awful lot of money to them, isn't it?
0:25:49 > 0:25:51I'd like it to go to someone like that, really.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53What a find, though!
0:25:53 > 0:25:55What a good find.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57- Good on you.- Who threw it?
0:25:57 > 0:25:59That's the thing I'd like to know.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03Yeah, well, you deserve the reward, anyway. That's the main thing.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05I've had enjoyment reading it. It's interesting.
0:26:05 > 0:26:11Especially the scrap papers, if you read that, there's a lot of reading there, and really, it's fantastic.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14It's a great piece of documented social history.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Let's hope we can find somebody from the family that wants that.
0:26:17 > 0:26:22- That would be fantastic. - Or a bygone museum. That's the second best thing. Good luck.
0:26:22 > 0:26:23This is rather interesting.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25We have two Victorian albums there
0:26:25 > 0:26:28and a scrapbook of the similar period and a chequebook,
0:26:28 > 0:26:30and they all belong to Samuel Bignold.
0:26:30 > 0:26:35Four items, where may I say for the whole lot? May I say £100?
0:26:35 > 0:26:39£100, come on. It's a good group of items there for 100.
0:26:40 > 0:26:4250, may I say, to start?
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Come on, £50, it's for nothing, surely.
0:26:44 > 0:26:4830 is the hand again at 30, thank you, I'll take two. 32.
0:26:48 > 0:26:4935. 38.
0:26:49 > 0:26:5240. 2. 45.
0:26:52 > 0:26:5645, back wall at 45, now where's 8?
0:26:56 > 0:27:00Come on? Worth more surely at 45, now where's 8? Here to sell at 45.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04Are you all done? At £45, it's for nothing at 45.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08- Sold it. - There we go. That's all right.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12It's OK. Someone's hopefully going to find another buyer for those
0:27:12 > 0:27:14and pass them on to a local museum.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16That's all I can think of.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18It could be one of the family, you never know.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- If there's only one in, really, I suppose.- It's a shame,
0:27:21 > 0:27:24because that's so important to this area.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27You'd think half a dozen people would really be vying for that,
0:27:27 > 0:27:32wanting to own a little piece of Colman's Mustard's history
0:27:32 > 0:27:35or even the firm itself should be here bidding.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38- I thought they may have been, like, but...- Yeah, I was excited.
0:27:38 > 0:27:43I thought we'd have local press and lots of flash photography and someone bidding £600,
0:27:43 > 0:27:46but it didn't happen. It didn't happen.
0:27:49 > 0:27:54Now we're going to find out if that's the way to do it, as we reunite two old...
0:27:54 > 0:27:58CARTOON VOICE: That's the way to do it.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00..as we reunite two old friends,
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Rosemary and David, because you go back a long way, don't you?
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Oh, yes. Don't tell how many years.
0:28:05 > 0:28:06I won't tell.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10School chums. Anyway, we've got Punch and Judy, haven't we?
0:28:10 > 0:28:15Two toby jugs, valuation around about £50 we're hoping for.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Yeah, yeah. Staffordshire's taken a plunge,
0:28:18 > 0:28:23but these are good mantelpiece ornaments or dresser ornamentations.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Hopefully, they're different.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27A bit of country furniture.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30We've got that going for it and we've also got the fact
0:28:30 > 0:28:34- that they are a Punch and Judy so there's lots of takers for that out there.- That's right.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36So good luck, both of you.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38I know you've had a good natter.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42It just seems like yesterday, that's the beauty of old friends, isn't it, really?
0:28:42 > 0:28:44What was he like as a youngster?
0:28:44 > 0:28:47I don't think he's changed very much at all.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52Any scandal?
0:28:52 > 0:28:54- Not that I can think of. - I thought you
0:28:54 > 0:28:57were going to say "Not that I can mention".
0:28:57 > 0:29:00We'll leave that there. It's going under the hammer now.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02This is it. Good luck, Rosemary.
0:29:02 > 0:29:07Lot 110 now, the pair of late 19th century toby jugs of Punch and Judy.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10Can I say £50 on the pair?
0:29:10 > 0:29:12It's good to find them still together at 50.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15- That's true.- 30 I'll take.
0:29:15 > 0:29:1730's bid, thank you. 30 I have.
0:29:17 > 0:29:2430, 32, 35, 38, 40, 2, 45, 48, 50.
0:29:24 > 0:29:3050 at the corner, 50, I'll take 5, 55 new bidder, 60, 5, 70.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Oh, this is more like it.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36- Oh, this is, yeah.- 70, still the corner at 70 now, where's 5 again?
0:29:36 > 0:29:40At £70 on Punch and Judy. At £70, all done?
0:29:42 > 0:29:45- £70.- Oh, great. - Brilliant, brilliant.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47- That's fantastic. - I'm really pleased.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51- That's well over the estimate. - Thank you, David.- By ten pounds.
0:29:55 > 0:30:00Well, I think you can carry on having your chat and have a cup of coffee or something.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02That's a good idea. Come on.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04School friends.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13This is a cracking little Art Deco tea set. This weird teapot.
0:30:13 > 0:30:18Margaret brought this into the valuation day just for a valuation.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21Wasn't thinking of selling it, just wanted an appraisal,
0:30:21 > 0:30:24- and hey, presto, we're flogging it, aren't we?- Thank you.
0:30:24 > 0:30:29What was the definitive moment when you said, OK, it's worth £100, £150,
0:30:29 > 0:30:33I might take it home or I might sell it, but you decided to sell it?
0:30:33 > 0:30:40- I don't use it. I've had it 20 years in a china cabinet and it just might as well go.- OK.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42- That's fair enough.- Why not?
0:30:42 > 0:30:44- You didn't twist her arm then, Adam? - No, I didn't.
0:30:44 > 0:30:49I didn't do any kind of persuasion, whether violent or psychological. Nothing at all.
0:30:49 > 0:30:54- You've got high hopes for this, haven't you?- I always think that Art Deco sells well. I like it myself.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56- He knows his onions in Art Deco, this man.- Yes.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Thank you. Let's hope we get an eye-watering price!
0:31:01 > 0:31:05We're going to find out right now. Good luck.
0:31:05 > 0:31:09We have the 1930s Burleigh Ware tea set, it's the Pan pattern.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13Lovely, stylish, comprehensive set. Wonderful shape.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17I have interest on this one and I start at £60.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21£60 and five. 70. 5. 80. 5. 90.
0:31:21 > 0:31:245. 100. 110. 120. 130.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28140. 150. 160. 170. I'm out.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31At 170, at 170, where's 80?
0:31:31 > 0:31:36At 170, am I missing anybody, 170?
0:31:36 > 0:31:39£170. Well done, Adam.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42You had a twinkle in your eye, you knew that was going to do that.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45- Happy with that?- Very happy.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Happy with anything, really.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Margaret is easily pleased.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52It's a lovely surprise, isn't it, because you didn't know
0:31:52 > 0:31:55it was going to be worth that until Adam told you.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59- No.- What will you do with the money? - My fence is falling down.- Sorry?
0:31:59 > 0:32:04- My fence is falling down.- Right, OK. You're going to have it repaired. - Might, you never know!- You might!
0:32:04 > 0:32:08I'm very pleased with that, just above the top end of the estimate
0:32:08 > 0:32:10- is where we want it to finish. - Yes, happy ending.
0:32:17 > 0:32:18Whilst I'm here in East Anglia,
0:32:18 > 0:32:22I can't resist coming to the birthplace of one of England's
0:32:22 > 0:32:25greatest portrait painters, Thomas Gainsborough.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29He grew up in the pretty market town of Sudbury
0:32:29 > 0:32:32and I've come to the house where he was born in 1727.
0:32:32 > 0:32:38Now a museum, this modest house now houses the largest single collection
0:32:38 > 0:32:43of Gainsborough paintings, drawings and memorabilia anywhere in the world.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50The museum opened in 1961, exhibiting paintings by Gainsborough
0:32:50 > 0:32:53from national and private collections.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57Today, Gainsborough House has over 2,000 pieces,
0:32:57 > 0:33:01including oil paintings, sketches and personal effects.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07To tell us a little bit more about the young painter and his life,
0:33:07 > 0:33:12I've come to talk to Liam Beaton, who's overseeing the collection here at Gainsborough House.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15Thank you for talking to us. I want to know all about this young chap,
0:33:15 > 0:33:18and when did he start showing promising talent?
0:33:18 > 0:33:23From a young age, he was seen to be a very talented artist.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26He'd go out into the local woods and fields in this area
0:33:26 > 0:33:29and do lots of sketches of the fields and countryside and animals,
0:33:29 > 0:33:32and he'd bring them back to the house,
0:33:32 > 0:33:36and his family could see quite clearly he was actually a very talented draughtsman.
0:33:36 > 0:33:42It was when he was 13 years old they decided to send him down to London to train to be an artist.
0:33:42 > 0:33:47He was in London for ten years, where, after serving an apprenticeship,
0:33:47 > 0:33:50he tried to establish himself as a landscape painter.
0:33:50 > 0:33:55But right from the start it was his talent as a portrait artist that was so sought after.
0:33:55 > 0:34:00We're looking at a portrait here of a young boy and a girl.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04Can you tell me a bit about them? Do you know anything about the boy and girl?
0:34:04 > 0:34:09We don't know much about the people in the picture, it's just called The Boy And The Girl.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11They're probably brother and sister,
0:34:11 > 0:34:14as you can see, they're obviously from quite a wealthy family.
0:34:14 > 0:34:19- He was only a teenager when he painted this.- It's incredible talent, isn't it? It really is.
0:34:19 > 0:34:24It's actually very ambitious for him to paint a picture of this size at that stage in his life.
0:34:24 > 0:34:29Most of even the other pictures he created shortly afterwards were much smaller than that.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33That was one picture at one stage, this has been sliced down the middle.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Was that due to damage?
0:34:35 > 0:34:39The thing about this picture, it's a bit of a mystery why it's divided up in this way.
0:34:39 > 0:34:45As you say, the most likely reason is that at some point, the corner got damaged.
0:34:45 > 0:34:50Some people have speculated that, you know, occasionally people are taken out of pictures,
0:34:50 > 0:34:56if they die early on in life or if they do something bad that annoys the rest of the family.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01After London, Gainsborough returned to Suffolk.
0:35:01 > 0:35:07He soon gained fame and fortune from painting flattering portraits of the English aristocracy.
0:35:07 > 0:35:12And it's for these dazzling works that he's best remembered.
0:35:12 > 0:35:17But the countryside and painting landscapes remained Gainsborough's great passion.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22You don't associate landscapes with Gainsborough, do you?
0:35:22 > 0:35:27Not always, no, most of his work was portraits, so that he could make a living.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30Commissioned work. So was this for his own amusement, do you think?
0:35:30 > 0:35:33A lot of his landscapes were for his own amusement.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36He did do some commissioned landscapes, but the ones
0:35:36 > 0:35:42that were commissioned tended to be what we describe as topographical views of actual real-life places.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45Most of Gainsborough's landscapes were from his imagination.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49So we don't know where that is, but really it's just from his memory.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52- It's a montage of pretty things put together.- That's right.
0:35:52 > 0:35:57He'd take ideas from the local countryside, put them together, and in fact, on many occasions,
0:35:57 > 0:36:02he'd actually bring back things like sticks and stones and rocks from the countryside.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05He'd use broccoli as bushes and carrot leaves and things
0:36:05 > 0:36:09like that, and then create what's basically an imaginary landscape.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13It's lovely. It's a more romantic picture.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16He's captured the local elm trees that would have been growing.
0:36:16 > 0:36:21Topographers, who generally would paint real places, they were seen as being slightly lower down
0:36:21 > 0:36:25the ladder, so Gainsborough wouldn't want to be associated with them.
0:36:25 > 0:36:31He had a more poetic vision of the countryside and the British landscape.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34Perhaps what makes some of Gainsborough's portraits so special
0:36:34 > 0:36:38isn't just the likeness of the sitter or the fine detail of the clothing,
0:36:38 > 0:36:42but the romantic nature of the landscape in which he put his subjects.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46I like this. Those two ladies are unmistakably Gainsborough, aren't they?
0:36:46 > 0:36:51- The landscape is actually a beautiful picture within itself. - It's fantastic.
0:36:51 > 0:36:56Gainsborough, as we know, was passionate about landscape, so he put in as much,
0:36:56 > 0:37:01almost as much effort into the landscape as he did when he was actually painting the people.
0:37:01 > 0:37:06Many artists would actually have an assistant who would perhaps do the landscaping afterwards,
0:37:06 > 0:37:09but Gainsborough loved to do the whole thing himself
0:37:09 > 0:37:12and create the detailed landscape in the background.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15- They're beautiful.- Yes, it's lovely. - It really grows on you.
0:37:15 > 0:37:21The more you look at that, the more you think, gosh, how clever, the man was a genius.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25It's fantastic. You can see his attention to detail on the clothes.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28Just the way the linen is folding and moving.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32He was actually very proud of painting costumes to a high standard.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36- He grew up around clothing with his father being a weaver. - Into textiles, yes.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40His sisters also grew up to be quite successful cloth makers as well,
0:37:40 > 0:37:44- so he was always around cloth and materials.- It's beautiful.
0:37:44 > 0:37:49It's a real treat to see so many fantastic Gainsboroughs in one place,
0:37:49 > 0:37:52but there's something else which has really caught my eye.
0:37:52 > 0:37:58This is a wonderful piece of kit. I've seen pedestal desks like this before, this height,
0:37:58 > 0:38:02made for a draughtsman and an architect, but this is quite special.
0:38:02 > 0:38:07It is. It's actually the only piece of furniture we have here that belonged to Thomas.
0:38:07 > 0:38:08It's Gainsborough's desk.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12It's Gainsborough's own desk, and he had this towards the end of his career
0:38:12 > 0:38:17when he was actually living in London, so he'd have done work on this desk.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19A beautiful bit of work.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23Lovely, solid piece of mahogany, and look at that.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27Lift that up, and that's obviously the marble slab he mixed up his paints on.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31It's lovely to have something where we can imagine him doing his work.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35You just want to caress this and hope that some of Gainsborough's talent
0:38:35 > 0:38:38- will rub off on yourself! - That would be very nice, yes.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40It's wonderful. There's a lovely deep drawer.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44That would obviously take the large pieces of paper.
0:38:44 > 0:38:49Yeah. It's gorgeous. It's absolutely gorgeous.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52It's so nice to touch antiques
0:38:52 > 0:38:58that have such great, and I mean great, provenance. It really is.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01It's absolutely splendid. Lovely.
0:39:09 > 0:39:10Time to check out the provenance
0:39:10 > 0:39:14of the items brought into our valuation day in Bury St Edmunds.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18And David has found himself an unusual souvenir.
0:39:18 > 0:39:23Amanda, what you've brought along today, I think, is a good example
0:39:23 > 0:39:29of what can be bought excitingly cheap at a car boot sale.
0:39:29 > 0:39:34- That's right, yeah.- Where was this? - It was at Woolpit, not far, just down the road from here.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38It's been going several years and you can find just about anything there.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- What was the appeal to you? - It's just good fun, isn't it?
0:39:41 > 0:39:44You don't see this kind of thing in the shop now, and I thought,
0:39:44 > 0:39:47I've got to have it. It was so cheap.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51- How much did you pay?- £3.50.
0:39:51 > 0:39:56I love the cup and saucer by Booths, very good company producing pottery.
0:39:56 > 0:40:01Also, you've got this wonderful little book here, Key to the Mysteries of Divination.
0:40:01 > 0:40:08It's quite interesting. Inside the bowl of the cup, you've got playing cards.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10And by emptying the tea and leaving the tea leaves -
0:40:10 > 0:40:14- that's a good period piece. People have tea bags.- Tea bags, yes.
0:40:14 > 0:40:21So in those days, we'd have tea leaves and depending where the tea leaves landed on the playing cards,
0:40:21 > 0:40:27they would tell your fortune and you have a little diagram, do you not, in here?
0:40:27 > 0:40:34It actually tells me if a tea leaf was on the card, an ace,
0:40:34 > 0:40:39- you'd get a ring or a piece of jewellery.- Lovely!
0:40:39 > 0:40:45So, if you were a sort of a young girl wanting to get engaged, that might be quite interesting,
0:40:45 > 0:40:49or on another card, a dark stranger is going to come into your life.
0:40:49 > 0:40:55So all these elements here depend where the tea leaves land on the playing cards,
0:40:55 > 0:41:00so if you can remember these, you can enthral an audience around the table.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02- Lovely.- That's quite good, isn't it?- It is.
0:41:02 > 0:41:08Now, value, I know you only paid £3 for it, that was quite cheap.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Because you have the book and everything to go with it.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14But I don't think it's going to be worth considerably more.
0:41:14 > 0:41:20I think probably £18 to £20, because you've got three hits at it.
0:41:20 > 0:41:27You've got the interest in fortune telling, you've got interest from people who collect cups and saucers
0:41:27 > 0:41:33and then the very fact it was commemorating the 1924 Wembley Exhibition.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35Wembley Stadium, which has changed now,
0:41:35 > 0:41:39was part and parcel of the Wembley Exhibition of 1924.
0:41:39 > 0:41:45So it's a wonderful evocative period and a lovely souvenir that somebody has taken away
0:41:45 > 0:41:48and you were astute enough to recognise its quality.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51So, you've got those three knocks.
0:41:51 > 0:41:56- Wembley Exhibition, fortune teller and an interesting cup and saucer. - Yes. And good fun.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02- Good morning, Stephanie.- Morning.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05Very nice pair of vases. Where did you get these from?
0:42:05 > 0:42:08I got them from my mother-in-law,
0:42:08 > 0:42:12who inherited them from my husband's grandmother.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14So they've passed down the family.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17- Yes.- How long do you reckon you can trace them back for?
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Possibly 80, 90 years.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23- Interesting.- And then I took them because I quite liked them.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Had them in my house for a while.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27Nearly lost one of them.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29How was that?
0:42:29 > 0:42:32We were having a barbecue and a bird flew in the house.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36My brother chased it, and as he chased it, it knocked one
0:42:36 > 0:42:39of the vases and he caught the vase and the bird flew out the window.
0:42:39 > 0:42:40- Really?- Nearly only one!
0:42:40 > 0:42:42- Flying catch.- Yes, yes.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45You liked them because you've had them on display.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48- And then I went off them.- Why? - I don't know really.- Right. OK.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52Well, they're quite easy to date and to describe
0:42:52 > 0:42:56because on the bottom we've got the mark there,
0:42:56 > 0:43:00which is W&R, Stoke-on-Trent and Florida.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02- Yeah.- So, this W&R
0:43:02 > 0:43:04stands for Wiltshaw and Robinson.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06- You may not have heard of them. - I haven't.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10- But you will have heard of Carlton Ware.- Yes, I have.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12Later, these became Carlton Ware.
0:43:12 > 0:43:16This is the first mark of Wiltshaw and Robinson when they opened in 1890.
0:43:16 > 0:43:20So these are one of the first things that came out of that factory in Stoke-on-Trent.
0:43:20 > 0:43:24- OK.- Florida is just the name of the pattern. - Oh, is it? Oh, right, OK.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26Yes. They've never been to Florida.
0:43:26 > 0:43:30I was going to say, it doesn't resemble a Florida I would put on.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34No, it's not the thing you immediately think, "Oh, look, Florida."
0:43:34 > 0:43:39It's just making them sound a bit more exotic than they really are.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41It doesn't do it for me, I'm afraid.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44- This style was very much done at the end of the 19th century.- Yes.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47Royal Worcester, one of the best factories, they did a lot of this
0:43:47 > 0:43:53cream background, known as the blush ivory ground with flowers on the top and gilding,
0:43:53 > 0:43:58- so this was more affordable Royal Worcester.- Yeah.
0:43:58 > 0:44:02- It's more a printed design, so they're not very valuable.- Oh, OK.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05- You want to sell them, don't you? - I do, because they're not me.
0:44:05 > 0:44:08We haven't got a lot of room to keep stuff that I don't like, so...
0:44:08 > 0:44:12- No, they're no good in the loft, are they?- No, not really.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14So value-wise, any idea?
0:44:14 > 0:44:17- A fiver, then I won't be disappointed.- Stick a nought on it.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21About £50? Oh, that's not bad.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23£50. Something like that. 50-80 estimate,
0:44:23 > 0:44:26- reserve of 40 so they don't go for less.- No, that's fine.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28And let's see what happens with them.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31- OK.- I'm not going to ask what you'll do with the money,
0:44:31 > 0:44:34because it'll just cover your travel expenses.
0:44:34 > 0:44:38- Yes, petrol.- But I look forward to seeing you at the auction.- Thank you.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47I'm so intrigued by these, Brian.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50Where did you actually get them from?
0:44:50 > 0:44:53Well, they were given to my mother about 60 years ago.
0:44:53 > 0:44:58A neighbour didn't like them, so my mother took a liking to them.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01My mother died and of course, I kept them,
0:45:01 > 0:45:06- but I never have liked them. - Did you hang them on the wall? - No, my mother did.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09- Right.- She had them on the wall. - So where did you keep them?
0:45:09 > 0:45:12- In the loft.- In the loft!
0:45:12 > 0:45:16So you must have covered them up, because they're not encrusted with dust at all.
0:45:16 > 0:45:18Oh, no, I covered them up well in a box.
0:45:18 > 0:45:24That's the problem with these - if you have them out on display they do get rather grimy with dust.
0:45:24 > 0:45:28- They're hard to clean.- Well, I think they're absolutely super.
0:45:28 > 0:45:30They look devastating from a distance.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32Some people say they're ugly.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34Why I like them is because it's the potter's art
0:45:34 > 0:45:41that he was able to replicate nature in such a detailed manner.
0:45:41 > 0:45:43- Were they handmade or...? - All handmade. All handmade.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47The actual pots were made on a wheel.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50- Yeah.- Then all these were modelled individually.
0:45:50 > 0:45:54I love all the detail, particularly the sliminess.
0:45:54 > 0:45:59You could almost have a sensation of them being wet and moist,
0:45:59 > 0:46:04particularly this one here with the fish and the eel. Extremely well done.
0:46:04 > 0:46:06These are 19th century.
0:46:06 > 0:46:10- Are they?- They're copying a French potter by the name of Palissy,
0:46:10 > 0:46:15who produced wares similar to this in the 17th century.
0:46:15 > 0:46:17- That's going back.- 17th century...
0:46:17 > 0:46:21Then there was a revival by Portuguese potters
0:46:21 > 0:46:25- in the 19th, and they were selling to well-off tourists.- Ah.
0:46:25 > 0:46:29And they would bring them back as novelties to hang on the wall.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32I think they're super, they're very fashionable now.
0:46:32 > 0:46:37In the last month, the people I've shown them to say they've never seen anything like them.
0:46:37 > 0:46:41- They should watch "Flog It!". - Well, yes.
0:46:41 > 0:46:43- We've had several come up for sale. - Have you?- Yes.
0:46:43 > 0:46:49- Before I tell you about the price, I would point out there's certain damage.- Yes, I understand that.
0:46:49 > 0:46:54That's termed as a nibble. It's quite a big nibble, it's a huge bite.
0:46:54 > 0:47:01This one's nibbled on the edge, and I note when I felt this one, there's been restoration on the corner
0:47:01 > 0:47:05and also on the head, but the overall effect is there, they're not split in half.
0:47:05 > 0:47:09- You've got to expect that at the age they are.- Absolutely.
0:47:09 > 0:47:13I'm sure if you hadn't protected them, they would have got worse.
0:47:13 > 0:47:17- Oh, yes.- If these go up for sale, I would like to see a price range
0:47:17 > 0:47:23in the region of about £300 to £400. That sort of price range.
0:47:23 > 0:47:29I think the auction house might say, because of the damage, that they want a reserve at 280.
0:47:29 > 0:47:31- Would you be happy with that reserve? - Yes, yes.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34You just want to get rid of them, don't you?
0:47:34 > 0:47:36Well, they're no use to me!
0:47:42 > 0:47:47- Welcome to "Flog It!", John.- Thank you.- You've got two charming figures here. We'll start with this one.
0:47:47 > 0:47:51This one really appeals to my immature, boyhood sense of humour.
0:47:51 > 0:47:54I love toilet humour.
0:47:54 > 0:47:57- This is an ornament that you'd have picked up at a fair ring.- Yeah.
0:47:57 > 0:48:00Doesn't have a lot of value, but something I'd like to own.
0:48:00 > 0:48:03But this is the one that we're selling.
0:48:03 > 0:48:07- Yeah.- Read all about it! It's the Newsboy, Doulton figures.
0:48:07 > 0:48:10- I'm not a big fan of most Doulton figures.- You're not.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12I could live without the ladies in the big dresses!
0:48:12 > 0:48:15But he's quite nice. I quite like him.
0:48:15 > 0:48:22I've always fancied standing out in the street shouting out, "Read all about it!",
0:48:22 > 0:48:24and newspapers and that sort of thing.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26- Well, I was born in London.- Right.
0:48:26 > 0:48:29And they used to have newspaper vans going round
0:48:29 > 0:48:34and they used to have vendors on each corner selling newspapers. That brings back memories.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36- And I'm sure it will for a lot of people watching.- Yeah.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39Sadly there's few street vendors left for newspapers.
0:48:39 > 0:48:44- I remember them when I was a boy. Always a character, the street vendor.- That's right.
0:48:44 > 0:48:47So how did you come to own this one?
0:48:47 > 0:48:52My Uncle Johnny was a charge nurse in Harefield Hospital.
0:48:52 > 0:48:55- Oh, yeah?- He died and he bequeathed that to me.
0:48:55 > 0:48:59Doulton figures are easy to value because they're clearly marked on the bottom.
0:48:59 > 0:49:04We've got the Doulton mark, the name Newsboy, they've all got an HN number.
0:49:04 > 0:49:09- HN refers to Harry Nixon, who's art director at Doulton.- Yeah.
0:49:09 > 0:49:13So this is a better figure because it's a limited edition figure.
0:49:13 > 0:49:16There are only 350 in the edition.
0:49:16 > 0:49:21It was produced for the Evening Sentinel between 1959 and 1965.
0:49:21 > 0:49:25- So it's been discontinued for 43 years.- Yeah, I'm with you.
0:49:25 > 0:49:29So there probably won't be all 350 still out there now.
0:49:29 > 0:49:33- No.- Which is a good thing. Why are you selling it?
0:49:33 > 0:49:39Erm, well, I want money for the holiday, plus I'm 74 years old now and I don't really keep it any more.
0:49:39 > 0:49:43- It's only stuck in the cabinet. - OK, so it's a bit of holiday money?- Yeah.
0:49:43 > 0:49:49They've all got a book price that you look up and you never get the book price but you get a fraction of that.
0:49:49 > 0:49:52The last one I found that was sold at auction made £80.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55- I'd like to think we could do a bit better than that for you.- Yeah.
0:49:55 > 0:50:00- So I would stick that as our reserve. - OK.- 80. An estimate of 80 to 100.
0:50:00 > 0:50:03- Yeah.- Then let's hope it makes a bit over 100.
0:50:03 > 0:50:06- Yeah.- So, thanks for bringing it in. - Thank you very much.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08And let's hope he makes some headlines at the auction!
0:50:09 > 0:50:15There's just time to revisit the final items our experts have picked out to tempt the bidders.
0:50:15 > 0:50:18This car boot bargain was designed to foretell the future.
0:50:18 > 0:50:23My prediction is Amanda will get more than her £3 back today.
0:50:23 > 0:50:26And it's time for Stephanie to sell her vases.
0:50:26 > 0:50:30They've been stuck in the loft, where no-one can appreciate them.
0:50:30 > 0:50:35Adam loved this Doulton newspaper seller and is hoping it'll make headline news at the auction.
0:50:35 > 0:50:38Our final lot might not be to everybody's taste,
0:50:38 > 0:50:42but I'm sure these plates will have the bidders crawling all over them.
0:50:43 > 0:50:48Taking the rostrum for this next lot is auctioneer Steve Stockton.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50- Stephanie, good to see you again.- Thank you.
0:50:50 > 0:50:55- Pair of vases from Stoke-on-Trent. Late 19th century...£50-80. - Early Carlton Ware.
0:50:55 > 0:50:57Should do a bit more as pair?
0:50:57 > 0:50:59Well, I think that's fairly accurate.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01Is it? He's sticking by his guns.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03- He's a cheeky chap, really. - Yeah.
0:51:03 > 0:51:05You're not giving anything away here.
0:51:05 > 0:51:08I sometimes put my neck on the line.
0:51:08 > 0:51:11Well, I am, I'm saying it's right.
0:51:11 > 0:51:14We have a pair of W&R Florida pattern vases.
0:51:14 > 0:51:19Lot 490 and I have two bids on the sheet.
0:51:19 > 0:51:22Going to start at £42. Do I see 5?
0:51:22 > 0:51:26£42, now where's 5? 45, 48, 50, 55,
0:51:26 > 0:51:2955 with me, do I see 60?
0:51:29 > 0:51:3655 with me on commission, do I see 60? Any advance on £55?
0:51:36 > 0:51:38- £55, Stephanie.- That's good.
0:51:38 > 0:51:40- That's all right.- You were right.
0:51:40 > 0:51:42- Stuck to his guns.- Yeah.
0:51:42 > 0:51:44We've got to give you that one, then.
0:51:46 > 0:51:49- That's good. - That put a big smile on your face.
0:51:49 > 0:51:54You were first in the valuation day, weren't you? You were. Got up really early for that?
0:51:54 > 0:51:58It was my sister-in-law that dragged me along, because I have to hold my hands up,
0:51:58 > 0:52:00never seen the programme.
0:52:00 > 0:52:02But she dragged me along because of you, I think.
0:52:02 > 0:52:04I wasn't quite sure why when I got here...
0:52:06 > 0:52:10She's just come back from Egypt and she's not well, so couldn't make it.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13- Well, send her our love. - I will, I will. Yes, OK.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16- Thank you so much for coming in. - Thank you.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18You can send her home with one of these.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21- I carry it with me to remind me of him, but you can have it.- Thank you.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23Could he sign it at the back?
0:52:23 > 0:52:24Just to her, not me.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31Amanda, it's not a lot of money.
0:52:31 > 0:52:35We've got that lovely cup and saucer from the 1930s or '40s, isn't it?
0:52:35 > 0:52:42- '24.- 1924, there we go. You got this in a car boot, didn't you, for £3? Why do you want to sell it now?
0:52:42 > 0:52:44It was three quid, it was so cheap.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47- It was a bit of fun. It's clutter. - OK, OK...
0:52:47 > 0:52:52Hopefully make a profit, go back to the car boot, buy some more and keep doing the same thing.
0:52:52 > 0:52:55I think I'll be lucky if I get my money back. We'll see.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57We have a Booths cup of knowledge,
0:52:57 > 0:53:00cup and saucer with the associated pamphlet.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03A bit of history there, Wembley history,
0:53:03 > 0:53:06and I'm going to start at £6 now. Where's eight?
0:53:06 > 0:53:09- £6 for the cup of knowledge. - Where are those hands?
0:53:09 > 0:53:16£6, 8, 10...12, I'm out. 12 on my right, do I see 15?
0:53:16 > 0:53:2212 on my right, do I see 15? It's £12, the cup of knowledge at £12.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25I'm selling for 12.
0:53:25 > 0:53:27- We made a profit! - You made a profit.
0:53:27 > 0:53:29That'll get me a drink down the pub tonight!
0:53:29 > 0:53:32THEY LAUGH
0:53:38 > 0:53:44- Next up is the Doulton figure belonging to John with a valuation of £80 to £100. Hi, John.- Hi there.
0:53:44 > 0:53:48- Who've you brought along? - Sophie, my granddaughter. - Pleased to meet you.
0:53:48 > 0:53:52- Have you seen this little figure? - Yeah.- Do you like it?- Yeah.
0:53:52 > 0:53:56It could have been your inheritance, really, in a way!
0:53:56 > 0:53:57John's flogging it off.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59Why are you flogging this, anyway?
0:53:59 > 0:54:01Well, the wife is 80 years old in May.
0:54:01 > 0:54:03- OK.- We're going on a cruise.
0:54:03 > 0:54:06- Oh, are you?- I want to buy her a champagne breakfast.
0:54:06 > 0:54:09Oh, treat her in style. Is this her first cruise?
0:54:09 > 0:54:13- No, about the fourth.- The fourth, so you like your cruises then?- Yeah.
0:54:13 > 0:54:15- Time to unwind.- Yeah.
0:54:15 > 0:54:17- A nice idea.- It is, isn't it?
0:54:17 > 0:54:19I've never been on one. Never.
0:54:19 > 0:54:21- I've worked on one.- Have you?
0:54:21 > 0:54:23- Another time.- Another time, OK.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25THEY LAUGH
0:54:25 > 0:54:27What do you think we'll get for this?
0:54:27 > 0:54:30- 80 to 100.- OK, that's exactly what you said, isn't it?
0:54:30 > 0:54:35- Yeah. They've all got a fixed value, really.- It's a book price, isn't it?
0:54:35 > 0:54:38It should make 80, it might make 110...
0:54:38 > 0:54:41But we're not going to expect any surprises.
0:54:41 > 0:54:45- I don't think we're going to be on at the end of the programme.- No!
0:54:45 > 0:54:47We have a Royal Doulton figurine.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50The Newsboy there and interest on the sheets.
0:54:50 > 0:54:54I'm going to start with me at £55, do I see 60?
0:54:54 > 0:54:5755 now, 60 straightaway.
0:54:57 > 0:55:05- 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95... - That's very good.- Very positive.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07120 and I'm out.
0:55:07 > 0:55:10120 in the room, do I see 30?
0:55:10 > 0:55:15It's £120 now. Any advance on £120?
0:55:15 > 0:55:18- Well done, John. - It made the headlines after all.
0:55:18 > 0:55:22That will get you the champagne breakfast, I'm pretty sure of that.
0:55:22 > 0:55:26- It's a pleasure.- And possibly treat Sophie on the way home to something.
0:55:26 > 0:55:29- I might buy her a packet of crisps. - A packet of crisps!
0:55:29 > 0:55:31Lucky Sophie!
0:55:35 > 0:55:40I love this next lot, and you know what I say? The more creepy-crawlies, the better.
0:55:40 > 0:55:46They belong to Brian, it's four plates and we've got a valuation of £300 to £400 put on by David.
0:55:46 > 0:55:52Pure quality, we've seen them on the show before, but you've now put the reserve up.
0:55:52 > 0:55:55- A little.- Tell us what you've done, cos David doesn't know.
0:55:55 > 0:56:01I went into the library and looked at a book
0:56:01 > 0:56:04and it says 550 each.
0:56:04 > 0:56:06As a price guide, each plate £500.
0:56:06 > 0:56:09Right, so what have you left on each plate now? Or on the whole lot?
0:56:09 > 0:56:12£600.
0:56:12 > 0:56:15£600 as a fixed reserve.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17- Yeah.- OK.
0:56:17 > 0:56:18We could do that.
0:56:18 > 0:56:21- On a good day, we could do that. - On a good day, we could do that.
0:56:21 > 0:56:27The book that you looked at was a price guide and was published in the year 2000, that's eight years ago.
0:56:27 > 0:56:29The market has fluctuated.
0:56:29 > 0:56:33These things, which were popular at one time, are not necessarily now.
0:56:33 > 0:56:35- I understand. - I think they're startling.
0:56:35 > 0:56:39I love them, as Paul does, because they're a potter's delight.
0:56:39 > 0:56:42- Victoriana.- A wonderful example of the potter's art.
0:56:42 > 0:56:46We'll have to see if somebody else here gets the same sensation with handling them.
0:56:46 > 0:56:49- It's basically down to the people in the room now.- Absolutely!
0:56:49 > 0:56:53We have the four Palissy-style handmade wall plates.
0:56:53 > 0:56:56I'm afraid there has been a change of estimate.
0:56:56 > 0:57:03They're now estimated at 600 to 800 and I'll start with me at £380.
0:57:03 > 0:57:08Where's 400? 400, 420, 450, 480...
0:57:08 > 0:57:11480 now, where's 500?
0:57:11 > 0:57:13480 now, where's 500?
0:57:13 > 0:57:19500, 520, 550, 580, 600 and I'm out!
0:57:19 > 0:57:22On the left at 600, do I see 20?
0:57:22 > 0:57:23Four for your money at £600 now.
0:57:23 > 0:57:28Do I see 20? I'm selling for £600...
0:57:28 > 0:57:30Hammer's gone. We didn't have to worry.
0:57:30 > 0:57:33- True.- And I haven't got to cart them home!
0:57:33 > 0:57:36And you haven't got to clean them and wrap them up.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38All's well that ends well, really.
0:57:38 > 0:57:42- That's right. That's right. - That's good, isn't it? What are you going to put £600 towards?
0:57:42 > 0:57:47Less a bit of commission, because that's how the auction room earn their wages.
0:57:47 > 0:57:50- I'm going to buy a small greenhouse. - A small greenhouse.- Towards one.
0:57:50 > 0:57:54- Oh, lovely.- It's a good hobby. - Yeah, yeah.
0:57:54 > 0:57:57Let's hope you don't get those creepy-crawlies in the greenhouse!
0:58:03 > 0:58:07Well, there you are, another auction over and all the lucky bidders
0:58:07 > 0:58:11going away with their new items, loading up their cars and vans.
0:58:11 > 0:58:14We've certainly had tremendous fun here today.
0:58:14 > 0:58:15I can't wait to come back.
0:58:15 > 0:58:18So until the next time, it's cheerio!
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