0:00:07 > 0:00:13Where we are today is going through a major period of regeneration, as you can see by the cranes behind me,
0:00:13 > 0:00:16and the plan is to make it a 21st-century market town.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Welcome to Barnsley.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51We're certainly in a modern part of Barnsley for our venue,
0:00:51 > 0:00:53the Metrodome Leisure Complex,
0:00:53 > 0:00:58where, hopefully, there's a lot of people waiting inside. Fingers crossed.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03# Ta-da! # Flog It! is here.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Wow, look at this! A full house, and everybody's sitting patiently,
0:01:09 > 0:01:16laden with bags and boxes, ready to see our two experts, Mr Philip Serrell and Michael Baggott.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Chaps, are you ready for this?
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- BOTH: Absolutely. - And what have you got here?
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Just a lovely beer jug, isn't it?
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- Gorgeous. And Michael? - Fantastic bit of 19th-century bronze.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28- Well, half a bit. - Well, you've got a full house.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32There's plenty of antiques. Get diving through those bags and boxes.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Lily, I hope, um...
0:01:42 > 0:01:47we haven't brought your savings with these two. Robbed any banks today?
0:01:47 > 0:01:52They're charming things, albeit that one's a little worse for wear. Where did they come from?
0:01:52 > 0:01:58I don't really know. I know there's some family history, but a cousin gave them me 16 or 17 years ago,
0:01:58 > 0:02:02and yeah, they've been passed down through the family, somehow.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- They're nice because they're local. - Yeah.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08We've got an impressed mark on the bottom of a daisy.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12- Yeah.- That stumped me, but we've got a very good off-screen expert on porcelain,
0:02:12 > 0:02:17- and she said they're Mexborough pottery.- Yeah.- That was founded
0:02:17 > 0:02:22in about 1795. These are typical of the 1830s, 1840s.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27- Yeah.- And they've got this sponge decoration to the base,
0:02:27 > 0:02:32which you see on Staffordshire Prattwares, cos they're called the Pratt colours,
0:02:32 > 0:02:36and you also see it in Yorkshire, and we're in Yorkshire today,
0:02:36 > 0:02:40- so these are wonderful bits of naive craft.- Yeah.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45- And I don't really think they were meant to survive any length of time.- Sure.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47You know, you bought a money box.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52There's a fairly big gap on the back, and you could probably get a couple out with a knife but not a lot.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55And they were, as I think this one was, smashed to get it open...
0:02:55 > 0:03:03- Possibly.- ..and glued back together. But they're a lovely bit of naive English folk art.- Yes.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07- And it's fabulous to have a pair, cos they were never meant as a pair.- No.
0:03:07 > 0:03:14I mean, you can see at the front here we've got a black window frame and the yellow curtains on this example.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18But we've got pink here and the green and the little faces poking out.
0:03:18 > 0:03:25We've got the applied decoration here of a little tree, and I think this is lovely and crisp -
0:03:25 > 0:03:27this sprigged and applied decoration.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29That's absolutely marvellous.
0:03:29 > 0:03:36And then, somewhat mournfully, we've got this ghostly, classical figure that seems to be laying flowers down.
0:03:36 > 0:03:41I hope it's a cornucopia of bounty and not a wreath, but I could be wrong.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43THEY LAUGH
0:03:43 > 0:03:46I've said the date. I've said where they're from.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Any idea of what they're worth?
0:03:48 > 0:03:54Not really. No. You hear things, but you don't know, do you?
0:03:54 > 0:03:58No. I think we've got to value them, really, as one good one...
0:03:58 > 0:04:02- Yeah.- ..with a little chip, and buy one, get one free...
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- because this is really in quite rough condition.- Yeah.
0:04:06 > 0:04:13- I think at auction we should be happily in the £150 to £250 area... - Right, my love, yeah.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- ..with a fixed reserve of £150. - Right, love.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Why have you decided to sell them?
0:04:18 > 0:04:22Because we're going into a bungalow and we've got to let some things go.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26- Right. - My family are not wanting them.
0:04:26 > 0:04:31- Really?- So they'd only just go in the attic, you know, so it's a shame when somebody could love them.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36- It is, especially when British pottery of this period's so keenly sought after.- Yeah.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40It wouldn't surprise me if they went on over the 250 mark,
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- but we've got to be cautious, with the damage.- I understand.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- So if you're happy, we'll put them into the auction...- Yes, love.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48..and see where they end up -
0:04:48 > 0:04:52see if you get enough money to fill both of them up!
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Blimey, Christine, these are imposing!
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- Yeah. Very nice. - How long have you had these?
0:05:01 > 0:05:0420 to 25 year.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- And were they a family heirloom? - No. We bought them at a sale.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10- At a sale?- Yes. - And how much did you pay for them?
0:05:10 > 0:05:11£120.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15We thought we'd paid a lot for them when we bought them.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17- You know what auctioneers are like! - Yeah.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21So with a bit of inflation today, these probably ought to be worth
0:05:21 > 0:05:26- somewhere between 500 and £1,000. - Yeah, but they'll not be.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30- Why did you like them?- Well, we've got a cottage, terraced house,
0:05:30 > 0:05:36with beams and with old-fashioned sideboards, and I wanted something for on the end of my sideboards,
0:05:36 > 0:05:40and I've had them there ever since. And I've loved them.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42They are known as lustres.
0:05:42 > 0:05:48- Yes.- And the light hits these droppers and sort of refracts in all sorts of different ways.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51When you bought these 25 years ago, they were very fashionable.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55They've fallen from grace along with copper kettles, copper warming pans,
0:05:55 > 0:06:03and part of the reason for that is there's this whole sort of late Victorian clutter scene.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06You know, people buy their houses, they buy their cottages,
0:06:06 > 0:06:12and in the '70s and '80s, they went out and filled them to the gunwales with everything, didn't they?
0:06:12 > 0:06:17- Yes.- Knick-knacks here - everywhere. And now tastes have changed.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21People are very much into minimalism and rather than have perhaps ten bits
0:06:21 > 0:06:26- that might have cost them £100 each, they'd rather have one statement piece at £1,000.- Yeah.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29You know, and the way that we decorate our homes,
0:06:29 > 0:06:33the way that we decorate our houses, has changed dramatically.
0:06:33 > 0:06:40So I think the way we've got to look at this is that you bought these for £125 25 years ago,
0:06:40 > 0:06:47- so very roughly they've cost you £5 a year...- Mm-hm.- ..just to have the pleasure of owning them.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- Yeah.- So that's the way you've got to look at this.- Yeah.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53- Cos you're going to lose some money here.- Oh, yeah.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55In my eyes, these are very late.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- They're simply decorative.- Yeah.
0:06:57 > 0:07:04- And I'm not sure you won't throw one at me when I tell you what I think they're worth.- Go on. Try me.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- Really?- Mmm.
0:07:06 > 0:07:13I think that they might make £50 to £80, and you should put a £40 reserve on them. Ouch.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Yeah. Well, I've had my pleasure from them.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18- So you're happy to sell them? - Yeah, because...
0:07:18 > 0:07:23Just let them go. Let somebody have some pleasure, instead of them being wrapped up in the loft.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- Yeah. I bet they're a pig to clean, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31- It's worth you get rid of them for the cleaning.- Yes.- Right. We'll settle on that, then.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Carol, Staffordshire lions.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- Are they yours?- Yes.- How long have you had these, then?
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Well, actually, I've only had them two years.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49That was when my father died and obviously they were inherited...
0:07:49 > 0:07:54- from his parents.- So they've been in the family and passed down through the generations.- They have.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58- I'm the fourth generation.- Can you remember these as a little girl?
0:07:58 > 0:08:02I can, on my grandparents' sideboard.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Well, I guess that's where they belonged, really, didn't they,
0:08:05 > 0:08:10- or on the mantelpiece on a windowsill or down by the side of the fireplace.- Yeah.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Aren't they lovely? It's a lovely pair.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14One of the glass eyes is missing...
0:08:14 > 0:08:16- Yes. - ..on one of the pair. This one here.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18- Yeah.- But otherwise...
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Apart from them... It's like crazed paving...
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Don't worry about that. That's the craquelure.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26- Right.- That's acceptable.
0:08:26 > 0:08:31- I wouldn't buy any Staffordshire figures without that craquelure, that glazing.- Right.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35That's part and parcel of this country pottery from Staffordshire.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36There wasn't any one maker.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41There were a few little factories producing these wares around Staffordshire,
0:08:41 > 0:08:44known as Staffordshire pottery, and they made the classic flatbacks.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47- Can you remember seeing those?- No.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51It was almost like these, but the figure wouldn't have a back to it.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- Oh, right.- They were only meant to face away from the wall.- I see.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59- They were a country ware that most people could afford. - There's no markings on them.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Nobody knew they were Staffordshire.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05- You won't get any marks on them. - Is that because of the age?- No. No.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10These date to round about sort of 1870, 1890, somewhere around there.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14They weren't stamped because there wasn't one particular family maker.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17- They were all small potteries. - Right.
0:09:17 > 0:09:23So there were half a dozen within Staffordshire producing flatbacks and figures like this.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28- Why are you flogging them? - I don't particularly like them. - You don't like them?- Not really.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30I wouldn't have them in my house, no.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- You've had them two years, haven't you?- But in a bag.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35- Oh, I see.- In a cupboard. - In a cupboard?- Yeah.
0:09:35 > 0:09:42- They look fun if you've got a cottage and you've got them in the window.- I've got a modern bungalow.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45My brother... I mean, obviously, whatever I do get for them,
0:09:45 > 0:09:49I'll share with my brother, but he won't have them in his house, either.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53- Wouldn't he?- No.- They're not particularly beautifully modelled, are they?- No.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57When you see the lion's mane and his face, there's not a lot of detail.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Would it be disappointing if I said
0:10:00 > 0:10:03you might be lucky and get around £150 for the pair?
0:10:03 > 0:10:05No. Not at all. No.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07- On a good day, you should do that. - Right.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10But I'd like to put them into auction with a value
0:10:10 > 0:10:14- of £100 to £150.- Yes.- With a bit of discretion on the 100.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Yeah. That's fine, Paul. Yeah.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- Yeah?- I'm happy with that, yeah.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31Valerie, you don't often see things like this, do you?
0:10:31 > 0:10:32No, you don't.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Can you tell me where you got it from?
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Well, my father-in-law, who's been dead about ten year,
0:10:38 > 0:10:40he were a big gardener.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44And he had allotment, which is built on now.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47And he were digging to put some potatoes in
0:10:47 > 0:10:50and he struck something. And he thinks, "Is it a rock?"
0:10:50 > 0:10:53And he's digging around this rock, and it were that,
0:10:53 > 0:10:55that come out of ground.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59And when he got it home, somebody told him to clean it
0:10:59 > 0:11:01with water with lemon in.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05And that's the result, and it's not been touched since.
0:11:05 > 0:11:11It's been put in a hut and passed from pillar to post. Nobody wanted it.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13And I heard Flog It! were coming
0:11:13 > 0:11:16and I said, "I know what I'm going to do."
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- Now is the time...- And here we are.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22..to get the allotment vase out and see what it is.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23And see what it is.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Right. Well, as you rightly say, it is half a vase.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30This is all beautiful cast bronze.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Yeah.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36That's a bit of cast iron from the hardware shop,
0:11:36 > 0:11:37that someone's put it on.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42- It's what I would say was a homemade repair...a restoration.- Yes.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Any ideas of how old it is?
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Well, I've been told it's Grecian.
0:11:47 > 0:11:53In our mind, we're thinking it's at least 150 years old.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54You're not far off.
0:11:54 > 0:12:00If it were Grecian, absolutely a Grecian vase,
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- it would be 4,000 years old. What this is, is Greek revival.- Yeah.
0:12:03 > 0:12:08And we started to get it in this country and on the continent
0:12:08 > 0:12:10in about 1810, 1820.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14More so in France, and the revival - the Classical revival at this time -
0:12:14 > 0:12:18is rather chunky and hefty and less delicate.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21- So we've got these very thick, chunky handles.- Yeah.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26And those, to me, are absolutely 1820, 1830.
0:12:26 > 0:12:32Apart from saying that it's either English or French, I can't be any more specific than that.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Because what would have had a foundry mark on,
0:12:34 > 0:12:36would have been the base,
0:12:36 > 0:12:37which is now probably...
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- Still in allotment. - Still in the allotment.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41Or under houses.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46What it is, as it stands, is half a good vase.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48So - value, value...
0:12:48 > 0:12:50What's a sack of potatoes now?
0:12:50 > 0:12:53- Cos that would have been the alternative.- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55I think we can pop that into auction,
0:12:55 > 0:12:59- and it's going to take somebody's eye at maybe £40.- Yeah.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- So, if we put that on as the reserve...- Yeah.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06- ..at an estimate of £40-£60 and see where it goes.- Yeah.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Who knows? Someone might have dug the foot up a few years later,
0:13:09 > 0:13:10and they go, "At last!"
0:13:10 > 0:13:15Splendid. Well, we'll put it into the auction and keep our fingers crossed.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28- That's lovely.- It's an old one. I don't think it looks very nice.
0:13:28 > 0:13:34Well, the thing I like about that is that it's understated, because, you know, you go and buy
0:13:34 > 0:13:39these watches today that cost you thousands and thousands of pounds - diamonds all around them,
0:13:39 > 0:13:43mother of pearl faces - they're not very subtle, are they?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- No.- I'll talk about it in a minute,
0:13:45 > 0:13:48but I want you to tell me the history of this piece first.
0:13:48 > 0:13:54Well, my father inherited it, and it's come to me after his death, of course, and I've never worn it.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56It came down through the family, and you don't want it.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00- You want to sell it.- Yeah.- Oh, Henry, that'd break my heart to sell that.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04It's not a very nice-looking watch, I don't think.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- Do you know how old it is? - I believe it's about 1930.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Well, let's just have a look.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12We haven't told the viewers at home yet who made it, have we?
0:14:12 > 0:14:14We'll leave that to surprise them.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Shall we leave them to think it's a Timex?
0:14:17 > 0:14:24The face just comes off and, in fact, just above the second hand sweep here is the maker's name.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28- Yeah.- It is a Rolex. It's a Rolex. I think it's absolutely lovely.
0:14:28 > 0:14:36What I love about the second hand sweep, on all quality watches, it doesn't go tick, tick, tick.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38It just sweeps round.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- Very smooth.- And that's just absolutely lovely.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43And if we have a look at the case here,
0:14:43 > 0:14:49we can see again the maker's name and their import mark. So you reckon it was 1930?
0:14:49 > 0:14:51I believe so.
0:14:51 > 0:14:57- I think you're probably three years out. There are import marks here for Glasgow 1927.- Oh, right.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Right. Now, the bracelet is clearly a cheap replacement.
0:15:00 > 0:15:06That, with a nice strap on it, nice black strap, I would love to own that.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Yeah, well. There you are.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11And if that were in my family, there's no way I'd be selling that.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15- There's only one thing we haven't discussed.- What do you reckon?
0:15:15 > 0:15:16- What do I reckon?- Yep.
0:15:16 > 0:15:23I think this sort of retro look, vintage look, is really popular at the moment.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27I think that we can put an auction estimate on that of £200 to £400.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30- Oh, right. - We'll put a reserve on it of £200
0:15:30 > 0:15:34- and we'll give the auctioneer 10% discretion if he needs it. - Of course. Yeah. Yeah.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39But you know, that catalogued, on the internet, I'm sure it'll do well.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42What are you going to spend the money on if it makes £200 or £300?
0:15:42 > 0:15:46- Well, car needs a service. - Car needs a service.- I'm a pensioner.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Well, good luck, and I hope it does really well.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Well, there are still plenty of bags and boxes
0:15:56 > 0:15:59for our experts to rummage through, but right now,
0:15:59 > 0:16:04we've found enough antiques and collectables for our first visit to the auction room.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Imagine digging up this bronze vase.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10It's not an antiquity, but it should make more than a bag of spuds
0:16:10 > 0:16:12when it goes under the hammer.
0:16:13 > 0:16:20Although one of Lily's money boxes is a bit worse for wear, I still think this lot has real appeal.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23So I hope they do well.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27Christine's lustres have fallen out of favour, so let's hope that's not the feeling in the sale room!
0:16:27 > 0:16:30The Staffordshire lions have been part of the family
0:16:30 > 0:16:34for four generations, but it's time for them now to join a new pride.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37And finally, Henry's watch is a great make.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Fingers crossed it makes great money.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Well, they say money makes the world go around, so let's hope the planet
0:16:46 > 0:16:50is definitely spinning today for our owners, because they've come here
0:16:50 > 0:16:54to ELR Auctions in the heart of Sheffield to flog their earthly possessions.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59And first to go under the hammer is Valerie's bronze vase.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03Your husband dug this up, didn't he? Or was it the father-in-law?
0:17:03 > 0:17:05- Father-in-law. - In a patch of potatoes.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07I think that's a classic find.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Well, it's the cheapest way to acquire antiques, isn't it?
0:17:10 > 0:17:12- Dig 'em up.- Yeah.
0:17:12 > 0:17:13Will we get the top end?
0:17:13 > 0:17:16I don't know. I mean, it's a speculative thing,
0:17:16 > 0:17:18because we've got half of it,
0:17:18 > 0:17:20and the base is a replacement.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24But I think it's perfect if somebody wants it for their garden.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25How long have you had this?
0:17:25 > 0:17:29- 30 years since. - Where's it been, then?
0:17:29 > 0:17:31In a hut, in garage...
0:17:31 > 0:17:34chucked out, fetched back.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- So this really is time to get rid of, isn't it?- Yeah, yeah.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41Well, let's hope we get you the top end of Michael's estimate. Good luck.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Early 19th-century, Greek revival bronze urn.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47£100 for it? It has all gone quiet.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50£50 for it? Let's start at the bottom.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54We've got 30, can we see 32?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Can we see £32 in the room?
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Any interest?
0:17:58 > 0:18:0432, 35, 38, 40,
0:18:04 > 0:18:0942, is it? Looking for 45. New bidder, 48?
0:18:09 > 0:18:1045 on the phones.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15- Telephone bidding. I didn't expect that.- No.- Anybody for 48?
0:18:15 > 0:18:18All done at 45?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Sold.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- Yes!- Brilliant. Well done, Michael, spot on.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25That is a cracking bit of garden art, actually,
0:18:25 > 0:18:27if you wanted to stick it outside.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Yes, I just hope the poor chap on the phone can pick it up.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Cos the postage on it... It weighs a ton!
0:18:32 > 0:18:33Going to cost you £300.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36- Yeah, it does, yeah. - Well, you got rid of.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38That's the best thing, isn't it?
0:18:38 > 0:18:43Mum's 80 in February, so it'll do for a do...a birthday do.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Ah, wonderful. A birthday do.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48- Yeah.- Proper knees-up for Mum, who's 80 years old.- 80, yeah.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52And her boyfriend as well, 80.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01We've got the two little Yorkshire money pots which you fell in love with.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04- I absolutely adore them, Paul. - Lily, good luck.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08- You've had them for 16 years.- Yes. - I'd have a tear in my eye, selling these.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13- I wouldn't sell them. Would you? - No. They'd have to pry my fingers off them to get them.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17They're not a pair, but they'll look fantastic on a mantelpiece.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20I like the smashed one best, with the two little cheeky faces.
0:19:20 > 0:19:25A pair of Mexborough pottery Prattware money boxes. Lovely pair.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Top quality.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30£130 is your start price for them.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34Let's have 140. 140...
0:19:34 > 0:19:38for the Mexborough. 140. 150. 160.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42Yeah! They were a bit slow to put their hands up to start with.
0:19:42 > 0:19:49160. 170. 180, sir. 190. 200. 210?
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Too soon to be out.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Top of the room at 200. Anybody else for 210?
0:19:53 > 0:19:58They're going to go, reluctantly, at £200.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Have we finished? Hammer's dropping.
0:20:03 > 0:20:08- Yes. There was a delayed reaction. - There was!- Lily, £200. Not bad.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- We got mid-estimate.- It is, because there's a good one and...
0:20:11 > 0:20:15You liked the glued one, but there was a lot of glue in the glued one!
0:20:15 > 0:20:17But that's what I love about it.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21You know, it's a sort of a naive repair and it was done by somebody that loved it
0:20:21 > 0:20:25and wanted to make use of it - a classic bit of recycling.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28- Yeah.- Well, that's £200, Lily. What are you going to do with that?
0:20:28 > 0:20:32We're moving down to a bungalow, so it's going to help with expenses.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Yeah. And that haemorrhages money, doesn't it, moving?
0:20:35 > 0:20:38- It is. It's hard work. - A stressful time, as well.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- Yeah.- Have a good drink, won't you?- I will, love.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51Someone else who's selling the family heirlooms is Carol here.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Now, these Staffordshire lions have been in the family...
0:20:54 > 0:20:58- what, four, five generations?- Yes. That's right. Yeah.- Grandmother's...
0:20:58 > 0:21:03- I've forgotten, was it wedding present?- It was. Oh, yeah, it was. - Why, why, why? Do you know,
0:21:03 > 0:21:07- I would keep these even if they were in the wardrobe. - I don't want them on display.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10My children don't want them on display. My brother don't want them.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12I think they're fun, but I'm a bit sort of...
0:21:12 > 0:21:16I like my country pottery. I'm sort of stuck in the past.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19I noticed when I was viewing the sale room yesterday, there's another pair.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22- Yes.- Did you see that?- Yes, I have. Yeah.- Not as good as our lot, though.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26- Right.- Not as good as our lot. Let's hope that we get that £150.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30Lot number 62. Pair of 19th-century pottery lions.
0:21:30 > 0:21:35Unusual how they're resting on those balls.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37£200 for them.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38For the pair.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41100.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45The bidding has started at 70.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48£70. I'll take 75 elsewhere.
0:21:48 > 0:21:5175 for the pair.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57I'm struggling if I can't get 75 for these, help me out, somebody.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58Any interest?
0:21:58 > 0:22:03With me at 70 on the book. Have we finished?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Didn't sell.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10- Right.- They're going home. It's a good job we put a reserve on them.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14- Yes.- We've protected it.- Right. - They're worth £100 any day.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Well, we've got a Rolex watch for sale, but it's not mine, it's Henry's here.
0:22:22 > 0:22:27- And it was made in Glasgow in 1920s, 1930s.- Older than I thought, yes.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31- Philip, £200-400 sounds cheap for a Rolex.- Yeah.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34- It's got a bit of style, hasn't it? - Yeah. It's got a replacement strap. That's no problem.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38No problem at all. Why are you flogging it if it works so well?
0:22:38 > 0:22:40I don't think it's a very attractive watch to look at.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42I know it's a Rolex and it looks nice.
0:22:42 > 0:22:47- I've got another.- Oh, right. OK. You like that style more?
0:22:47 > 0:22:49- Yes.- What does Philip wear? Philip needs a watch.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52I can't afford a watch.
0:22:52 > 0:22:57Lot number 275. The gentleman's Rolex silver-cased wristwatch.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01Import mark for 1927. Another beauty.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- Lots of interest on the book.- Good.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08I'll start this one at £420. 420.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10I'll take 440 elsewhere.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13440 I'm looking for.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16This one's going to sell.
0:23:16 > 0:23:17Anybody fancy 440?
0:23:17 > 0:23:22With me at 420. Hammer's dropping.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27Brilliant. We've done it. At the top end. That's a good result.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29- Thank you very much.- £420.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31What will you put that money towards?
0:23:31 > 0:23:34I need a lot of repairs on my car so mostly go towards that.
0:23:34 > 0:23:40- And then I've got a couple of great-grandsons, so give them a bob or two.- What are their names?
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- Jack and Billy.- Jack and Billy. Well, give them our love, won't you?
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- And get the car fixed.- Thank you. - Thanks very much.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Will we get Christine her money back for those Victorian lustres?
0:23:58 > 0:24:04I don't think Philip thinks so. We're looking at £125 refund.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06- But she's had the pleasure of owning them.- 50 to 80.
0:24:06 > 0:24:0950 to 80 we've got on them.
0:24:09 > 0:24:14We've got a full house here. I think we might just do it.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16We're going to find out... find out right now.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19This is it. Good luck, everybody. It's going under the hammer now.
0:24:19 > 0:24:24Pair of Victorian-style mill glass table lustres with the crown tops.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Here they come. Lots of interest.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30Lots of interest. See.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34£130 is your start price for them.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36- Well done. - Anybody fancy 140 in the room?
0:24:36 > 0:24:39- Brilliant.- 140 for them.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42So with me on commission at 130.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46No-one's putting their hands up, but it's on the books with commission.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49With me at 130. Hammer's dropping.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Yes.
0:24:51 > 0:24:56- Fantastic.- You've done really well. Well done, you.- Oh, that's lovely.
0:24:56 > 0:25:01And I know what you're going to put the money towards. Tell us all. Come on.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05I'm going to go to the Cotswolds for a long weekend with my husband, Alan.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07And it will be nice spending money.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11- Well done, you.- And tour all the antique shops in Stow.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13- We'll have a look. Yes.- Yes.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21This is a room with a secret.
0:25:21 > 0:25:26In there, two men are mixing a secret recipe.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29A recipe for what, do you think?
0:25:29 > 0:25:31A recipe for snuff.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48Well, I've left the hustle and the bustle of the auction room behind me
0:25:48 > 0:25:50and I've come here to Wilsons and Co.
0:25:50 > 0:25:56One of the last remaining independent snuff manufacturers left in the country.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01The family run business here at Sharrow Mills, in the heart of Sheffield, has been producing snuff
0:26:01 > 0:26:06from a secret recipe which dates back as far as 1737.
0:26:06 > 0:26:12The original machinery used to grind the tobacco to make snuff still survives.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16It's left as a testament to a bygone age.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Now, although snuff taking isn't as popular as it used to be,
0:26:21 > 0:26:24one aspect of it still is very popular
0:26:24 > 0:26:27and extremely collectable, and that's snuff boxes.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31To tell us more about it is a familiar Flog It face
0:26:31 > 0:26:32and a good friend of mine, James Lewis.
0:26:32 > 0:26:38James, thank you for bringing a small part of your collection, cos I know it's massive, isn't it?
0:26:38 > 0:26:43It is. I think I've got about 300-500, 400-600 altogether.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Something like that. I'm not sure exactly how many.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49When did you start to collect snuff boxes?
0:26:49 > 0:26:53When I was younger, I had a passion for wood, just like you.
0:26:53 > 0:26:58And the problem is, when you're a schoolboy or just about to go to university,
0:26:58 > 0:26:59you've got nowhere to put furniture.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02If you're going to collect wood or treen or anything like that,
0:27:02 > 0:27:06you have to collect small things. I thought what better than snuff boxes.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11So, I had an interest back as a teenager,
0:27:11 > 0:27:17but the passion for snuff boxes really came from one of my first ever visits that I made as an auctioneer.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22I went to see a lady in a little tiny cottage and halfway through the valuation I heard this...
0:27:22 > 0:27:25HE SNORTS
0:27:26 > 0:27:34I turned round to see this lady with snuff dribbling down the nostrils, all over herself, and she went...
0:27:34 > 0:27:39- "Want some, lad?"- And did you? - No. I didn't. I didn't.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44Today, I probably would have, but back then, I was too shy and I said, "Oh, no, thank you."
0:27:44 > 0:27:49And left her to it. But it started a strange fascination.
0:27:49 > 0:27:54Gosh. Well, let's talk about some of the varieties and maybe pick on half a dozen.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56OK. There are two types, really.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01You get the pocket snuff, which always have a very tight- fitting cover, for obvious reasons.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03And then you have the table snuff.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07The table snuff is normally bigger and sometimes has a loose cover.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11These three at the front here are all table snuff boxes
0:28:11 > 0:28:17and they're by one of the most important snuff box makers of the early 18th century,
0:28:17 > 0:28:19a chap called John Obrisset.
0:28:19 > 0:28:25He was the son of a Huguenot silversmith and specialised in working in horn and tortoiseshell.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28And he was snuff box maker to Queen Anne.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Oh, really. So that certainly is a name to look out for.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Yeah. Queen Anne herself was a snuff taker.
0:28:34 > 0:28:40- Can we have a look at one of those? - Yeah. And wonderful detail. - That really is nice, isn't it?
0:28:40 > 0:28:42You can hold that up to the light.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45- Yeah.- Look at that. You can see right through it and look at the detail.
0:28:45 > 0:28:51Great quality. Just as we find today that smoking is really quite a controversial subject,
0:28:51 > 0:28:55snuff taking itself was controversial throughout the ages.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58And although Queen Anne was a snuff taker,
0:28:58 > 0:29:03a hundred years earlier, King James, he despised it with a passion.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07So if you were caught taking snuff in the presence of King James, you would end up in the Tower.
0:29:07 > 0:29:13- Really?- Yeah. Oh, he loathed it. Wherever he went, he would have messages sent forward,
0:29:13 > 0:29:17"Do not take snuff, do not even indicate snuff in the presence of the King."
0:29:18 > 0:29:24But in its heyday during the 18th century, snuff taking developed into an important social grace.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27It remained popular well into the 20th century
0:29:27 > 0:29:33and it was said you could tell a lot about a man's social status by the way he took his snuff.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Open the lid.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Take a pinch between the finger and thumb.
0:29:42 > 0:29:47Hold it for a moment so the warmth of the finger will bring out the bouquet of the snuff,
0:29:47 > 0:29:51so you get the benefit of the flavour and inhale it.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54Close the snuff box.
0:29:54 > 0:29:59And then, if you like, just a little flourish with your coloured handkerchief.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02I'm not a snuff box snob.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05I know a lot of these people say it's a silver gilt,
0:30:05 > 0:30:08it's solid gold, it's this, it's that, it's encrusted with rubies.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11And to be honest, that actually leaves me quite cold.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15- You like the tactile items.- Yeah. - Working man's snuff box.- Absolutely.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18I've seen a few of those. That's like the poor man's pinch.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21Yeah. Absolutely. Now, you generally call these Scottish snuffs.
0:30:21 > 0:30:28- I'm pleased you said that.- I can get away with it as a pure 100% Scot, so I can get away with it.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31- The mean pinch.- That's exactly what they called them. Mean pinch.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33And they were made in brass and horn and treen.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36The idea was that you would close the gap in the centre,
0:30:36 > 0:30:40so when you take the pinch of snuff, you can't take too much. Bit of fun.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44- Very eye-catching. I love the ram's horns.- They're brilliant.
0:30:44 > 0:30:50Classic Scottish ram's horn snuff moles, they were called.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53With a lovely silver mount. That's quality all the way through?
0:30:53 > 0:30:58Yeah. I think I've got about 30 of those altogether, and they come in different shapes and sizes.
0:30:58 > 0:31:06Somebody has attached a silver watch chain to that so that they can carry it and put it over their arm,
0:31:06 > 0:31:12because that one doubles as a snuff box on top, but also the end screws off and you can fill it with whisky.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14That's a good idea, isn't it?
0:31:14 > 0:31:16A lot of these are English and Continental.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Where else in the world were they made?
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Well, they were made almost everywhere. The interesting thing is,
0:31:21 > 0:31:25in China, they don't have snuff boxes, they have snuff bottles,
0:31:25 > 0:31:28simply because a sign of status in China
0:31:28 > 0:31:31was to have wonderful, long, decorative fingernails.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35If you have long fingernails, you can't take snuff from a snuff box.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40- You can't even...- No. You have a little shovel and straight up.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44Now you're talking about that, we're in the best location possible
0:31:44 > 0:31:49to show this sort of thing, and this is obviously ground-down tobacco.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53- Do you think we should try some? - THEY LAUGH
0:31:53 > 0:31:55- Didn't know you were a noseologist. - Is that what it's known as?
0:31:55 > 0:31:59Yeah. A snuff taker in the 18th century was known as a noseologist.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01I don't fancy trying any of this stuff.
0:32:01 > 0:32:07- Go on.- No, we should try some fresh stuff when we get outside or we'll sneeze our heads off.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10We're antique people. We should be trying the old stuff. Go on.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19Oh, I don't rate that at all.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21No.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24Whatever you do, don't try that at home.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Back at the valuation day, Philip has sniffed out
0:32:35 > 0:32:40something small and collectable, but it's not a snuff box.
0:32:43 > 0:32:48- He's good, isn't he? - Like circles.- Yeah.
0:32:48 > 0:32:53That's what I keep going round in. Roger, tell me about him, then.
0:32:53 > 0:32:58Right. He belongs to a friend, who was given him when she was one.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00- Yeah.- And she's now 61.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03So we can date it to about 1940s, perhaps earlier.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Perhaps earlier, because I think it wasn't new when she was given it.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08- So perhaps somewhere between 1920s and '40s.- I would think so. Yeah.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12- Not played with much.- No. She tends to keep things in boxes.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16Yeah. What intrigues me is that she's kept this for 60 years.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19Why sell it now? Why not sell it 20 years ago?
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Nobody wants it in her family.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25- Yeah.- And she doesn't want it to end up in a skip.- Quite right too.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27- She loves him.- Yeah. She loves him.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30- Yes.- So she loves him that much that she's going to do the Solomon trick
0:33:30 > 0:33:33- and make sure that somebody else now enjoys him.- Exactly.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35- He's clearly tin plate.- Yeah.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38And what we call a gold plush teddy.
0:33:38 > 0:33:43And I would think that he is probably German, certainly European, but probably German.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47- Does she have any idea what he's worth?- She hasn't a clue.- I think...
0:33:47 > 0:33:53- Is he a he? We'll call him a he. Does he have a name?- She calls him Ted. - Ted. That's original, isn't it?
0:33:53 > 0:33:58- I think that Ted will make £50-80 at auction.- Lovely.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01And I think we'll put a reserve on Ted at £45. How's that?
0:34:01 > 0:34:04- That's magic.- Do you think she'll be pleased?- Very pleased.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07- Shall we just send him on his merry way again?- Lovely.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09I like to see him go.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15He seems to have a slightly concerned look on his face.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18The thing is, he's not going anywhere, that's the problem.
0:34:23 > 0:34:29Jackie, have you been on holiday to lots and lots of different places or did you get these somewhere else?
0:34:29 > 0:34:32I got them from my grandad.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34Right. Was he an avid collector of these things?
0:34:34 > 0:34:39- Yes. I've got a lot more at home.- Oh, my word.
0:34:39 > 0:34:44- Are they something you like?- Yes, but they're just in a box in the attic.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46- Not doing very much. - Not doing very much at all.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50- Did your grandfather tell you anything about them?- No.- No? - Don't remember anything.
0:34:50 > 0:34:56Basically, they fall under the term "crested china" and they are souvenirs for when you go on holiday.
0:34:56 > 0:35:02They're produced in fairly large numbers and the first manufacturer was William Henry Goss.
0:35:02 > 0:35:07This piece here was the only bit by him, but it's a good illustrative piece.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11He developed this very fine parian body which was perfect
0:35:11 > 0:35:17for slipcasting into all sorts of designs, and we've got the Goss mark on the bottom, which is a falcon,
0:35:17 > 0:35:21cos he was working at the Falcon studios in Stoke,
0:35:21 > 0:35:26from about 1862 up to 1934, when he was bought out,
0:35:26 > 0:35:31but these other pieces are contemporary with him by his competitors.
0:35:31 > 0:35:38So we've got, here, this fantastic ambulance which is by Savoy China,
0:35:38 > 0:35:44and that, I would think, with the red cross on it, would be something made during the First World War.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47So it would be quite a patriotic thing to buy this, and, possibly,
0:35:47 > 0:35:54- some of the proceeds would have gone to our boys in the Front.- Oh, I see. - Similar thing with this shell.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58What's tremendous fun and probably the most sought out
0:35:58 > 0:36:05of all of these is this little ship, and we've got on it Wembley, April 1924,
0:36:05 > 0:36:08so that was made for the Wembley Exhibition.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11And it's actually marked Wembley China,
0:36:11 > 0:36:14with the appropriate mark underneath.
0:36:14 > 0:36:20I have to say, Goss has done a bit of a rollercoaster as far as values have gone.
0:36:20 > 0:36:25In the early '80s, late '80s, it was really sought after, and individual pieces were making a fortune.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28Now it's all settled back down again.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31- Any idea of what they might be worth as a group?- I have none at all.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33- Not any idea.- No.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36Just come down through the family.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39And it's just something that you've inherited, isn't it?
0:36:39 > 0:36:44- Yeah.- If these pieces were by Goss, they would be a lot more valuable than they are.- Yeah.
0:36:44 > 0:36:49So I think the thing to do is put all these together in one lot,
0:36:49 > 0:36:52cos a couple of them have got chips and cracks,
0:36:52 > 0:36:58and these really more commonplace pieces are worth £2 each.
0:36:58 > 0:36:59I see.
0:36:59 > 0:37:04Really, I think we'd be looking at auction between £50 and £80 for them,
0:37:04 > 0:37:10as they are, and you never know, if one collector desperately wants a Wembley battleship,
0:37:10 > 0:37:16they might pay a little bit more, so if you're happy, we can put these in to the auction with a £50 reserve,
0:37:16 > 0:37:19so they won't go for any less, and see how they go.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Yeah. Yes. That's fine by me.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23That's splendid. Thank you so much for bringing them along.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27You're welcome. Just glad to get rid of them.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35- Hi. Hello.- Hello.- What's your name?
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- Christine.- Can I ask you, Christine, you're clutching that purse...
0:37:38 > 0:37:43- I am, aren't I? - ..what have you brought along for our valuers to look at today?
0:37:43 > 0:37:45- I'm a big fan of Flog It!- Yeah.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49- I'm also a collector.- Right. Of what? - Salt and peppers.- Oh, are you?
0:37:49 > 0:37:51- Salt and pepper shakers. Cruets. - Cruets. Yeah.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53Yeah. And I bought this one recently.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57- I'm never going to sell it. It's not for sale today.- In auction?
0:37:57 > 0:37:58- Yes. On eBay, actually.- OK.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- I thought you might like to see this one.- Oh, go on, then.
0:38:02 > 0:38:03Oh, yes. Oh, look at that.
0:38:03 > 0:38:08I'm sure our experts would like to see that one as well.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11- It's a little gavel. - The ends untwist.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13And that's the salt and pepper.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16- Oh, look at that. So you put the salt in there.- Yeah.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18And pepper in there.
0:38:18 > 0:38:24- That is a cruet for an auctioneer, isn't it, if there ever was one? - It feels nice.- Can I have a hold?
0:38:24 > 0:38:26You can. Go on, since it's you.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29Oh, look at that. How much did you pay for this?
0:38:29 > 0:38:32- A fiver.- It was a steal!
0:38:32 > 0:38:35- Post included. - You're joking.- No, I'm not.
0:38:35 > 0:38:41Thanks for bringing it, and I'm sure if you ever put it into auction, all our experts would bid on that.
0:38:47 > 0:38:48So, Barry, enjoy a drink?
0:38:48 > 0:38:51- Oh, yeah.- Oh, yeah.- Oh, yeah.
0:38:51 > 0:38:52What...port, sherry AND claret?
0:38:52 > 0:38:54All in one glass, yeah.
0:38:54 > 0:38:55Ruddy hell.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57- Where'd you get these from? - Car-boot sale.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Car-boot sale? How much did you pay for them?
0:39:00 > 0:39:03- £6.- You're a man of generosity, aren't you?- Yeah.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05He wanted eight, actually, but...
0:39:05 > 0:39:07- And you beat him down? - Yes, aye.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09- How'd you do that? - That's the Yorkshire man in me.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12Do you have Horlicks to make you sleep at night?
0:39:12 > 0:39:14- Like that advert.- Don't need it. - You don't need it?
0:39:14 > 0:39:16I've a wife.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20Did you buy them because you thought they were cheap or because they were nice?
0:39:20 > 0:39:21- I liked them.- You liked them?- Yeah.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25Plus, I knew they were a give-away at £6.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28Well, they were at eight as well. Where do you think they were made?
0:39:28 > 0:39:30I'd imagine Staffordshire.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34I think so. There's something written on the back of this one
0:39:34 > 0:39:35that could well be Copeland.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38- They're certainly English. What date do you reckon?- 1850s?
0:39:38 > 0:39:41Spot on. Absolutely spot on, and I think they're great.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44They would have been used... probably in a wine merchants.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47Possibly even in a big country house, in the wine cellar.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49They would have been hanging on the barrels.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53And you can just see the remains here, and it is very, very faded.
0:39:53 > 0:39:57It would have had... who the shipper was, the year,
0:39:57 > 0:39:58which vineyard it came from.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01And these would have been annexed to each barrel.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04And I think they're really, really collectable. I think...
0:40:04 > 0:40:10- that we can put £40-£60 estimate on them all day long.- Yeah.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13I think we can reserve them at £30.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16- I think that's a real come-buy-me estimate.- It should be.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19It's a real come-buy-me estimate. And if you have a bit of luck,
0:40:19 > 0:40:21they might just go and make £100.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24- Yeah, yeah. - So you'd be pleased with that?
0:40:24 > 0:40:27Definitely, yeah. I've a wife and eight kids, so I need some money.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30- Eight?!- Aye.- Don't need to ask what your hobby is, then.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34I tell you one thing... don't you get home and get confused
0:40:34 > 0:40:36- as to what the difference between port, sherry and claret is?- No.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46Janet, you've made my day bringing this little fellow in.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48- Oh, good.- Can you tell me where you got him from?
0:40:48 > 0:40:51It was brought to us at the church we attend.
0:40:51 > 0:40:56People bring us things to sell at bric-a-brac sales, coffee mornings,
0:40:56 > 0:41:00and we're never sure what we're going to find when we open the box.
0:41:00 > 0:41:05This particular box arrived, and I was sorting it out, and this little fellow appeared.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Good Lord.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09So it was actually given to us.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- That's marvellous. And it'll be sold on behalf of the church.- Correct.
0:41:12 > 0:41:17That's super. What a generous gift. I wonder if the giver knew how generous they were being.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21I don't think so, and considering how it was in the bottom of the box,
0:41:21 > 0:41:25there was all sorts of jewellery and broken toys and all sorts of things.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27And that was just amongst them.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31Well, they could be forgiven, because it's only a little silver pincushion,
0:41:31 > 0:41:36and these things shouldn't be worth a great deal of money.
0:41:36 > 0:41:44- The animals that you get in pincushions, they started to be produced about 1895, 1900.- Yeah.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47And Boots, would you believe it, produced them?
0:41:47 > 0:41:48- Really.- Year on year.
0:41:48 > 0:41:53And they would introduce a different animal or two different animals every year to the standard line.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Some are very common.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57You see chicks.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59You see pigs in different poses.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01You see elephants.
0:42:01 > 0:42:07You occasionally see hedgehogs, and they're the more standard patterns that were produced year on year.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09There are rarer ones.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12The rarest, I think, is the lizard, the spider, the lion.
0:42:12 > 0:42:17And they're very sought after, but not far behind them is the camel.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Now, of course, you get two varieties of camel.
0:42:19 > 0:42:25You get a standing camel and a seated camel, and, of the two, the seated camel is rarer.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27- Really.- So that's a lovely feature.
0:42:27 > 0:42:32Now, it should be by one of the big makers, Levi & Salaman of Birmingham.
0:42:32 > 0:42:37They produced a multitude of these small pincushions and other small work.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41We've got the Birmingham town mark and the date letter for 1903.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44So, that's absolutely right.
0:42:44 > 0:42:49The only thing to hold against it is the cushion itself.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52- Right.- Cos that is not original.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55But they do perish when they've been used. Pins in and out.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59So that's understandable. The rest of it's in super condition.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02There are no splits or little solder repairs.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05- Often with these pincushions, the necks go.- I see.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Cos they're given to overzealous children at the time,
0:43:08 > 0:43:12and of course they play with them, and this sort of thing happens,
0:43:12 > 0:43:16but that's quite a rare one and it will be sought after at auction.
0:43:16 > 0:43:21So, it's being sold for the church funds. Let's see how well we can do.
0:43:21 > 0:43:28I think we should put that in to auction for no less than £250-350.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31We should have a fixed reserve of 250,
0:43:31 > 0:43:36and, as I say, if two pincushion collectors haven't got the seated camel,
0:43:36 > 0:43:40it could make much more than that, so we'll have to keep our fingers crossed.
0:43:40 > 0:43:44- If you're happy, we'll do that. - I certainly am happy.- Splendid.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47Pop it into the auction and hope it does really well.
0:43:47 > 0:43:51- Thank you so much.- That's wonderful. I'm glad I've made your day. You've made my day.
0:43:51 > 0:43:55Anybody's silver makes my day, but a pincushion doubly so.
0:43:55 > 0:43:59Another selection of items fit for the saleroom.
0:43:59 > 0:44:03Someone's got to fall in love with this little chap. He's a real bit of fun.
0:44:03 > 0:44:08At £50-80, this selection of crested china is a collector's dream.
0:44:09 > 0:44:12With a wife and eight kids to support,
0:44:12 > 0:44:17let's hope Barry makes the top end of the estimate with his wine cellar labels.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21Finally, it's said all good things come in small packages,
0:44:21 > 0:44:24and that's certainly true of Janet's camel pincushion.
0:44:24 > 0:44:25What a gorgeous little thing.
0:44:27 > 0:44:33Right, we're scooting along nicely, which brings us to Ted the teddy bear on the scooter.
0:44:33 > 0:44:37- It belongs to Roger and hopefully for not much longer.- Hopefully not.
0:44:37 > 0:44:39Not with a sort of a £60 valuation.
0:44:39 > 0:44:43Well, I think we put 60 to 80 on it, with a reserve of 45.
0:44:43 > 0:44:45- That's going to sell, easily. - Should do.
0:44:45 > 0:44:47It's not going to be Roger's for much longer, that's for sure.
0:44:47 > 0:44:51It still works. That's the beauty of it, and I love it.
0:44:51 > 0:44:54- Good tin-plate toy.- It's lovely. Yes.- Why are you selling this now?
0:44:54 > 0:44:57It actually belongs to a lady I know, who's decluttering.
0:44:57 > 0:45:01She's getting rid of stuff, so she wants to get rid of it
0:45:01 > 0:45:05- rather than it be thrown away at some point in the future.- Yes.
0:45:05 > 0:45:07- Exactly. Yes.- He wants to be loved.
0:45:07 > 0:45:13- Yeah, and that's what happens, isn't it?- I think Ted will find a new home today.- And be loved.- And be loved.
0:45:13 > 0:45:15- She would like that, I know, very much.- What's her name?
0:45:15 > 0:45:19- Angela. Angela Holland.- Angela. Well, best of luck. Fingers crossed.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21Little Ted's going under the hammer right now.
0:45:21 > 0:45:26385. Mid-20th century clockwork scooter teddy.
0:45:26 > 0:45:31Must start the bidding here at £35.
0:45:31 > 0:45:3538. 40. 2. Looking for 45. 48.
0:45:35 > 0:45:4050. 5. 60. 5. 70. 5.
0:45:40 > 0:45:4680. 5. 90. 85 seated. Anybody else want to join in?
0:45:46 > 0:45:48All done at 85.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50Hammer's dropping at £85.
0:45:52 > 0:45:58- Yes! £85!- Ted's pedalled off.
0:45:58 > 0:46:01- Little Ted did the business, didn't he?- He did the business.
0:46:01 > 0:46:03Oh, that's a great result, isn't it?
0:46:03 > 0:46:06- It's magic. It's superb. - He was quality, though.- He was.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09- He was quality.- He was also fun.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11He was fun, yeah. Puts a smile on your face.
0:46:11 > 0:46:13Hope we put a smile on your face, as well, watching.
0:46:18 > 0:46:22There's lots more in the attic and this is just the start for Jackie.
0:46:22 > 0:46:26Those Goss collections. How many more are in that attic?
0:46:26 > 0:46:29About 50 pieces, probably. Yeah.
0:46:29 > 0:46:33So, if we get a good result today, you can get the rest out.
0:46:33 > 0:46:36- Yeah. Yeah.- What are they doing up in the attic?
0:46:36 > 0:46:41- They've been sat in a box since they were handed down from my grandad. - You haven't put them on display?
0:46:41 > 0:46:43- No. Not at all. - Don't really like them?
0:46:43 > 0:46:48I like them, but I haven't got room for them and I think somebody else who collects it should benefit.
0:46:48 > 0:46:52There's a couple of nice ones. The little ship and the lorry. They peaked, didn't they?
0:46:52 > 0:46:56They had a high in the sort of late '80s and they've petered out.
0:46:56 > 0:47:01Hopefully, with such interesting models, some Goss collector would leap out and say...
0:47:01 > 0:47:05"I haven't got the leopards, I haven't got the car, I've got to have that one."
0:47:05 > 0:47:07A huge amount of crested china.
0:47:07 > 0:47:10Goss and other items included.
0:47:10 > 0:47:12The bidding has started at £65.
0:47:12 > 0:47:16- That's good. We've sold them. - 70 I'm looking for in the room.
0:47:16 > 0:47:2070. 5. 80. I'm out.
0:47:20 > 0:47:25- Anybody else for 85?- Come on. Come on.- It's a standing bid.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28All done at 80? All done at 80?
0:47:28 > 0:47:30He's going to put the hammer down.
0:47:30 > 0:47:35- We'll settle for that. Top end. £80.- Pleased with that.- Happy?- Yes.
0:47:40 > 0:47:43We could be in for a little surprise now.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46Just been joined by Barry. I have Philip, our valuer.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49£40-£60 on these five wine labels...
0:47:49 > 0:47:52- which you picked up for, how much? Remind us all.- £6.
0:47:52 > 0:47:55£6 for the lot.
0:47:55 > 0:48:00- A poorly octopus...£6.- I think... Yes. I think, you know...
0:48:00 > 0:48:03we could do £150, if there's two buyers that like these right now.
0:48:03 > 0:48:08I think if you get two people who are interested in, sort of, wine memorabilia and the like,
0:48:08 > 0:48:11- I think... Let's just hope we have some spirited bidding.- Yes.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14And I think each little label could be worth £30-£40 each.
0:48:14 > 0:48:17- So, add that up...- 400.
0:48:17 > 0:48:21- Ching, ching.- I think they'll do £100.- Hopefully, hopefully.
0:48:21 > 0:48:24There's a good crowd here, a good crowd of people here.
0:48:24 > 0:48:27- So they'll make what they're worth. - Yup. I'm hoping for 150.
0:48:27 > 0:48:30- You know what Philip wants, let's find out.- We know what I want.
0:48:30 > 0:48:31Yeah, more the better.
0:48:31 > 0:48:35Let's find out what this lot want. We've got a packed auction room.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37Let's see some hands go up in the air.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39Three earthenware wine cellar labels,
0:48:39 > 0:48:42together with two circular numbered bin discs.
0:48:42 > 0:48:44Some nice 19th-century pottery.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46Other people like them,
0:48:46 > 0:48:49- there's lots of interest on the commissions.- Great.
0:48:49 > 0:48:53- I'm forced to start them at 140. - Oh!- Get in there.
0:48:53 > 0:48:57I'll take 150, from somebody in the room. 150, is it?
0:48:57 > 0:49:02- Come on.- With me at 140, 150.
0:49:02 > 0:49:03I'm out. Looking for 160?
0:49:03 > 0:49:07150 at the top. Still cheap.
0:49:07 > 0:49:10Finally, at 150. Have we finished?
0:49:13 > 0:49:15Yes, hammer's gone down. £150.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18- You were right.- Well, you've got...
0:49:18 > 0:49:21great eyes for spotting a bargain at a car-boot sale.
0:49:21 > 0:49:23I went to Specsavers.
0:49:29 > 0:49:32- Janet, it's great to see you, and you look fantastic.- Thank you.
0:49:32 > 0:49:34- Michael.- Yes.- You love this.
0:49:34 > 0:49:38I love it. A lot of pincushion collectors love it.
0:49:38 > 0:49:41A little silver camel. 250 to 350.
0:49:41 > 0:49:44The auctioneer rated this. I had a chat to him, and we both thought,
0:49:44 > 0:49:49"So unusual, you see lots of pigs, lots of hedgehogs, all sorts of animals..."
0:49:49 > 0:49:54You see a lot of camels, but you don't see a kneeling camel. That's the key thing.
0:49:54 > 0:49:59- All the money's going towards the church restoration, isn't it? - That's correct.- Fingers crossed.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02A good lot, this one.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04Other people like it.
0:50:04 > 0:50:09The commission's forcing me to start this lot off at £420.
0:50:09 > 0:50:12- Oh.- Bang. Straight in.
0:50:12 > 0:50:14430 I'm looking for elsewhere.
0:50:14 > 0:50:17430 is it? 430 is it?
0:50:17 > 0:50:21- With me at 420.- Oh, come on. Come on.- Get your bids in quick.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23Bid now or lose him.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27- Not bad at all.- I can't believe it! - The top end of the estimate.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29Fantastic. £420.
0:50:29 > 0:50:33- I'm so pleased for you, and it's going to a good cause as well.- Yes.
0:50:33 > 0:50:40It is. Yeah. I couldn't believe when you said 250 to 350, but 420 is fabulous. I'm thrilled to bits.
0:50:40 > 0:50:44- Oh, and name-check the church again. - Hillsborough Tabernacle.
0:50:44 > 0:50:46It's obviously in Hillsborough.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48Hillsborough Tabernacle Congregational Church,
0:50:48 > 0:50:51and we've got a big restoration programme,
0:50:51 > 0:50:55and one of the things we want is a lift to meet the Disability Act.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58- Right, OK.- So that's, you know... - Money's going towards that.- Yeah.
0:50:58 > 0:51:01- So it's really for a good cause. - Thank you so much for coming in.
0:51:01 > 0:51:04We've had a great time here in Sheffield, haven't we?
0:51:04 > 0:51:09- We have.- I hope you've enjoyed watching the show. Join us again for more Flog Its coming up soon.