0:00:34 > 0:00:37Today Flog It is in Harlow, a town made to house
0:00:37 > 0:00:41some of the post-war population moving from London.
0:00:41 > 0:00:48Harlow's design was the vision of chief architect and town planner Sir Frederick Gibberd.
0:00:48 > 0:00:53In 1951 he was responsible for this building, The Lawn.
0:00:53 > 0:01:00That is so iconic because it is Britain's first-ever tower block.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04But this isn't where today's action is happening.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09It's here, across town at the Latton Bush Centre.
0:01:09 > 0:01:14We've got a massive turnout here with their antiques.
0:01:14 > 0:01:21Mark Stacey and Charlie Ross are raring to go, so let's get this huge crowd inside.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30- Hello, Anthony.- Good afternoon.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Thank you so much for waiting and bringing this lovely coffee set.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35We all know what it is,
0:01:35 > 0:01:39but before we examine it, give us the family history.
0:01:39 > 0:01:44- Well, we know it's been in our family since 1939.- Right.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49I would think it was a wedding present for our parents.
0:01:49 > 0:01:55They were difficult times and it's not a thing you would buy with war coming on.
0:01:55 > 0:02:01- You've always used it as a coffee set?- The last time, and I can only remember using it once,
0:02:01 > 0:02:07- I think I drank tea out of these. - The cups would take tea, but it is a coffee set.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10This is known as the Bonjour set.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15This is definitely a coffee pot in the long oval pattern.
0:02:15 > 0:02:21The teapot is much shorter and circular. I would say it is a little bit earlier than 1939.
0:02:21 > 0:02:27So it was probably second-hand, which often happened generations ago.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31I would have thought it tends to date to mid-1930s.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35The best period for Clarice Cliff is from the end of the 1920s
0:02:35 > 0:02:38up to 1935, 1936.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43After that, the patterns went a little bit...less quality.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47Less dynamic. I'm not absolutely sure of the pattern.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50I'm calling it pomegranate.
0:02:50 > 0:02:56These look like pomegranates. But what we will do is look out for the pattern
0:02:56 > 0:02:59and I'll let the auctioneers know.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04What I like is this lovely, open, triangular handle,
0:03:04 > 0:03:06which is so 1930s.
0:03:06 > 0:03:13I think there will be quite a lot of interest, even though it's not very bright and bold.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18It's complete and, more importantly, perfect, which is the nice thing.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22In terms of value, I would say, if we put it into auction,
0:03:22 > 0:03:28I would keep it slightly on the conservative side so that we tempt people.
0:03:28 > 0:03:36- But I would have thought £500-£800.- Really?- How do you feel about that?- All right.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- And we'll put a reserve of 500. - Fine.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44- I suspect it will make the high end on a good day.- Thank you.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48It's so nice to see a complete set in such good condition.
0:03:48 > 0:03:53Thank you for being patient with us and I'll see you at the auction.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- Let's hope for a top price.- Thanks.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- Right. Henry and Mark here, whose are the candlesticks?- Mine.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11- He's giving moral support?- My son.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16- So who's getting the money if we flog them?- We all are!
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- How many is all? - Two, four.- Four of you?
0:04:19 > 0:04:22They'll need to make some money!
0:04:22 > 0:04:29- Where did they come from? - A friend left them to me. - And what do you know about them?
0:04:29 > 0:04:35- Nothing. Nothing at all. - Do you know they're candlesticks? - Oh, yes!- Good!
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- What are they made of? - Silver.- Correct!
0:04:38 > 0:04:43- Top of the class. Have they got a hallmark?- Yes.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46I think it's a lion on it.
0:04:46 > 0:04:54The great thing about a bit of silver is you can tell who made it, where it was made and when.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58The lion you were talking about is the lion passant.
0:04:58 > 0:05:04The moment you see the lion, you know they're silver. Next to the lion is an anchor.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09It is an assay mark, so they were made in Birmingham.
0:05:09 > 0:05:15If they had a leopard's head, they were made in London. A crown was Sheffield, et cetera.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17There's a letter N.
0:05:17 > 0:05:23Now the letter N on there tells you that they were made in 1912.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28So they're post-Victorian. Corinthian column candlesticks.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Probably the most popular design.
0:05:31 > 0:05:37And they are dwarf candlesticks. Sometimes they make 10 or 11-inch ones.
0:05:37 > 0:05:43And these are sort of seven inches. I quite like the squat format.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47- They would clean up beautifully. You haven't cleaned them?- No.
0:05:47 > 0:05:54A lot of people don't clean silver. If you rub them too much, you rub through the silver.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56B) You'll destroy the decoration.
0:05:56 > 0:06:01C) Worst of all, you can clean off the hallmark.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06- What are they worth?- A couple of hundred?- What do you reckon?
0:06:06 > 0:06:11- Two, three hundred? - You should be doing my job!
0:06:11 > 0:06:16Know what I think they're worth? 200-300!
0:06:16 > 0:06:21- It's not as if they're the rarest things in the world.- No, no.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26But of all silver objects, candlesticks are the most popular.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28I think 200-300 is spot on.
0:06:28 > 0:06:33- We'll put a reserve of 175 on them. Happy with that?- Yeah.
0:06:33 > 0:06:41- Thank you for bringing them along. That's 50 quid each. Or will you get most of it?- I like that!
0:06:51 > 0:06:58Chris and Jean, thank you so much for struggling in on this hot day with a great lump of furniture.
0:06:58 > 0:07:06I'm very proud of you. Give me a bit about your background. You're both involved with a charity.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08That's right. Rainbow Services.
0:07:08 > 0:07:16And it is a charity to fill unmet need of one sort or another, and one of the projects we run
0:07:16 > 0:07:20is to take furniture and donate it to people on low income
0:07:20 > 0:07:25- or on benefits.- To furnish their bedsits or flats?- Absolutely.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30This was donated by someone who said, "I'm not sure if it's any good,
0:07:30 > 0:07:33"but if not, please sell it."
0:07:33 > 0:07:39- And this isn't what people want? They want beds and wardrobes? - That's right.
0:07:39 > 0:07:45Things we get a quick turnover with, to go in a house in Harlow.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48We don't get much call for these desks!
0:07:48 > 0:07:52- Writing desks! - We need practical things for people.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57They need wardrobes, beds, sofas. We pick up good quality furniture.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Well, carry on the good work. Let's hope this adds to the kitty.
0:08:01 > 0:08:06- Do you like it? Would you fancy buying it?- Not in my house, no!
0:08:06 > 0:08:10It wouldn't necessarily go. I can see its charm.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14As a writing desk, it is very usable.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16It's quite small.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21This would fit into a large Victorian house or a small cottage.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26It's not got a great deal of age. It looks like an 18th-century piece,
0:08:26 > 0:08:31- but in fact it's early 20th century. - Oh, right?- Yeah.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35I'd put this around 1930s and it's Dutch.
0:08:35 > 0:08:40- Oh, is it?- Yes. If you start at the floor,
0:08:40 > 0:08:45it's on lovely flattened ball feet, so typical of the Dutch craftsman.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48It's well-made, handmade.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52It's not machine-made, which is really nice.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57The colour of the oak is very good. If I take one drawer out,
0:08:57 > 0:09:04you can see the whole construction, even the drawer linings, it's all made of oak.
0:09:04 > 0:09:10They've taken pride in it because all the drawer faces are veneered in oak
0:09:10 > 0:09:17and reversed to make a chevron. They didn't need to do that, but it's nice and adds value.
0:09:17 > 0:09:26Those little architectural details make it a little bit more expensive than it would normally be.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30Right. I expect you want to know roughly what it's worth.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35If this was an 18th-century piece, it would be £1,600-£2,000,
0:09:35 > 0:09:39for a continental writing desk.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41But it's early 20th century.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46I think it's got a value of around £200-£300.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51I'd like to see it get to £300, but we need two people. That's all.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56Hopefully, we'll have half a dozen fighting for it! But...
0:09:56 > 0:10:03I think if we put this into auction we've got to put it on with a valuation of £100-£200
0:10:03 > 0:10:06and a reserve at £100. Great.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10It's lovely to know about, to get the history.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24- Hello, Linda.- Hello, Mark.- Thank you for being so patient.- It's OK.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29You've brought in a lovely object that proves size isn't everything.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34- Good.- This charming little figure. Where did you get it from?
0:10:34 > 0:10:38An antiques fair. I like going round them.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43- I thought it was sweet.- I love it. Can you remember what you paid?
0:10:43 > 0:10:50- No, can't remember. It wasn't much. - I've got a feeling that you're a bit of a hoarder.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53You like antiques fairs.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57- My house is like... Steptoe and Son!- Oh, really?
0:10:57 > 0:11:01- You don't wash in the sink, do you? - No, I don't!
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Not that far.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08Let's have a little look. I think it's wonderful.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12Quite an interesting potter. Nobody knows who he is. Or she.
0:11:12 > 0:11:19It's very much in the style of the early 20th century, naive school, the London school.
0:11:19 > 0:11:25The main exponent of this was Charles Vyse, who used to be based in Chelsea
0:11:25 > 0:11:30and produced these wonderful figures of cherubs and satyrs and bacchanalian figures
0:11:30 > 0:11:34doing things on the back of snails and with frogs,
0:11:34 > 0:11:41in the most wonderful colours. At that time there were a lot of other small potters around
0:11:41 > 0:11:48who produced similar figures. Your little figure is simply marked underneath, and on the back,
0:11:48 > 0:11:52JSB, dated 1932, and Dulwich.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56So obviously this potter was based in Dulwich.
0:11:56 > 0:12:03I adore it, I love this. It's a little bacchanalian figure. You thought it was a cherub.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05- Yeah, a cherub.- It's not.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09If you look closely, it's got little horns.
0:12:09 > 0:12:15- Oh, yes.- And little grapes, vines, which represents a bacchanalian-type subject.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18The god of wine.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22And he's just caught a male pheasant and is grabbing it.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27You look at the pheasant which is desperate to get away,
0:12:27 > 0:12:31but the colours and the quality of the painting... Look at his face.
0:12:31 > 0:12:38- It's so sweet. I love faces. - He's blushing, with a really wicked look on his face. Actually...
0:12:41 > 0:12:43I'm glad I've not got a tail!
0:12:43 > 0:12:47It's absolutely wonderful. I see why you fell in love with it.
0:12:47 > 0:12:53- Beautiful.- A lot of people will be interested in it, but we've got to keep the estimate sensible.
0:12:53 > 0:12:58- Maybe £100-£150.- Yeah, lovely. - With discretion on the reserve.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01- Let's hope we have a rip-roaring time!- Wonderful.- Just like he is.
0:13:09 > 0:13:14Martin, HMS Ganges Association? You must be a naval man.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18- Ex-naval man.- Ex? - I joined when I was 15.- Good time?
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Very tough time. Very strict.
0:13:21 > 0:13:28- Is that where you found the pot?- No. - Where's it from?- When I came out of the navy, I lived in Chelsea.
0:13:28 > 0:13:34- Right.- And the lady above me said, "Could you clean my windows?" So I said, "Certainly I will."
0:13:34 > 0:13:38- She said, "I'll pay you." I said no.- A gentleman.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43In 1966, just after the World Cup, she called me up and said, "I'm moving."
0:13:43 > 0:13:51She said, "I'd like you to have that." I used to pick it off the windowsill very carefully,
0:13:51 > 0:13:56- put it on the chest of drawers. - And you never dropped it.- No.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00- And?- It's been in the cupboard ever since!
0:14:00 > 0:14:06- So you don't actually like it? - No, I...- No use for it? - No use for it at all.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10- Know anything about it?- Nothing. - Wonderful, isn't it?
0:14:10 > 0:14:16- I will now appear to be wildly knowledgeable about it! I've looked at the bottom!- You have!
0:14:16 > 0:14:24I think I can tell it was Doulton, Doulton Lambeth. That factory started in the 19th century,
0:14:24 > 0:14:28- making drains.- Oh, right? - Pottery drains.
0:14:28 > 0:14:34Then they got a bit more refined and started making jardinieres and all sorts of pots
0:14:34 > 0:14:40- and went on to become the Royal Doulton company.- Right. - In about 1920.
0:14:40 > 0:14:45What I think is most interesting is the decoration of it.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49- A lot of Doulton Lambeth wares weren't glazed.- They weren't?
0:14:49 > 0:14:55No. And this is glazed and, across the middle, looks just like a piece of Wedgwood
0:14:55 > 0:15:01- and yet it's Doulton. As if they were influenced by Wedgwood. - I'm with you.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Looking at the bottom, it's stamped 1881.
0:15:05 > 0:15:12- That is 130 years old.- My God. - Of moving it backwards and forwards. Not by you for 130 years!- No!
0:15:12 > 0:15:15In that windowsill.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19And all the rosettes, the glazing, is in perfect condition.
0:15:19 > 0:15:25- And it's got a value.- Has it? - Any ideas?- 30 quid? - You could certainly double that.
0:15:25 > 0:15:31And add a bit more, hopefully. It's certainly £50-£100.
0:15:31 > 0:15:38- Right.- I would want to put a reserve of £50 on it.- That's fair enough. Absolutely, yeah.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42On a really good day, if somebody likes the way it's glazed,
0:15:42 > 0:15:49it might well trickle on to £100. Thank you very much for bringing it along.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51My pleasure.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58It's now that time in the show where we head off to the sale room,
0:15:58 > 0:16:00and here's what's coming with us.
0:16:01 > 0:16:08This 1930s Clarice Cliff coffee set has languished in the sideboard. Could it be a hidden gem?
0:16:09 > 0:16:14They're small, but are these silver candlesticks beautiful enough to attract an admirer?
0:16:14 > 0:16:22Will the bidders turn out for this Dutch desk? It's all in the aid of charity.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27Because Linda's bacchanalian figure is unusual and fun, it should do very well in the sale room.
0:16:30 > 0:16:35Finally, can this gift for Martin's window-cleaning skills sparkle and shine today?
0:16:35 > 0:16:41All our lots will be going under the hammer here at Reeman Dansie Auctions in Colchester.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44The man on the rostrum is James Grinter.
0:16:54 > 0:17:00This pair of silver candlesticks should light up the saleroom. We're looking for £200-£300.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04They belong to Henry and Mark here. This could be your inheritance!
0:17:04 > 0:17:09- Dad's not passing them on?- No! - And you don't want them.
0:17:09 > 0:17:15So, £200-£300. I love the Corinthian columns. Little mini columns.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20- Lovely.- They'll always sell well. - Yes. They'll dress any dinner table.
0:17:20 > 0:17:27- You should have had a dinner party before the valuation day! - Take a bit of cleaning, though.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29- They do.- Have Flog It in for dinner.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- Nothing wrong in that!- No, true.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Let's find out what the bidders think. This is it.
0:17:39 > 0:17:45Lot 219 is a pair of George V silver candlesticks. A handsome pair of sticks here.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Start me at 150? 150 to start me?
0:17:47 > 0:17:52140? 140 is bid there. At 140. At 140.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Do I hear 150? 150. 160.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59170. 170 is bid down here now. At 170.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02180? At £170, I'm going to sell them.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05All done now at 170.
0:18:05 > 0:18:11You've got £170. We had a reserve at 175, so he's used a little bit of discretion.
0:18:11 > 0:18:18- I'm sure he'll make the money up. We didn't light the room up! - They weren't expensive.
0:18:18 > 0:18:23No. That's auctions for you. They've gone!
0:18:31 > 0:18:37Now it's the Clarice Cliff! It wouldn't be Flog It without Clarice.
0:18:37 > 0:18:43Fingers crossed we get top money today. Now, Mark, you said it was pomegranate at the valuation day.
0:18:43 > 0:18:50- Well, it looks like them. - I had a chat to James. He thinks it might be passion fruit.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54I'm happy for it to be whatever fruit makes the most money!
0:18:54 > 0:19:02OK! Well, we've got £500-£800 riding on this. Let's hope for Anthony's sake we get the top end.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Good luck.
0:19:04 > 0:19:09Now the 1930s Clarice Cliff passion fruit pattern coffee set.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13£400 to start me? 400 I have.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16At £400 now. 420. 420.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19440. 460. 480.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23- At 480 in the corner now. - Come on!
0:19:23 > 0:19:26500 anywhere? At £480.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30It's going to be sold. Are you all done?
0:19:30 > 0:19:35- 480.- 480.- We were just above the reserve.- Just.
0:19:36 > 0:19:42- That's how these things happen. - It is. We needed two more people to push that bid.
0:19:42 > 0:19:48- Disappointing slightly. - But I did say on the day that the pattern isn't the most exuberant.
0:19:48 > 0:19:54If it had been the melons or something a bit more exotic, we might have got a bit more,
0:19:54 > 0:20:01- but there you go. - Watch out for your patterns. - Watch out for your fruit!
0:20:10 > 0:20:16Martin saw some wonderful things window cleaning in Chelsea! One was the Doulton jardiniere!
0:20:18 > 0:20:24- What a spot that was! And you've brought your wife, Mary, for moral support.- Yeah.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29- Do you like the jardiniere? - It's all right. I'm not...- No.
0:20:29 > 0:20:35- Not really my thing. - We'll flog it anyway. We hope for £50-£100 put on by Charlie.
0:20:35 > 0:20:40I want to know more about this window cleaning!
0:20:40 > 0:20:46- I used to live in Flood Street. - Where Margaret Thatcher lived. - She lived at the top of the road.
0:20:46 > 0:20:51- I never cleaned her windows. - Well, a security risk!
0:20:51 > 0:20:54She wouldn't pay me my money!
0:20:55 > 0:21:01Number 100 now is the Doulton Lambeth jardiniere with applied frieze.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Say for it 50? £50? 40?
0:21:04 > 0:21:0840 I have. 40. At £40.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Do I have 45? 45. At 45. 50.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- We're selling it.- At 50. 55?
0:21:14 > 0:21:16At £50 bid.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Are you all done?
0:21:18 > 0:21:23- Bang on the lower end. £50. That's OK, isn't it?- Yes.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27- It's been in the wardrobe!- I've earned a bit of interest on it!
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Yes!
0:21:38 > 0:21:44Right. My turn to be the expert. Remember that lovely Dutch desk? It's a bit of quality.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48We've got £100-£200 on it. It belongs to Rainbow Services,
0:21:48 > 0:21:52who help furnish houses for underprivileged people.
0:21:52 > 0:21:59- We're not here with Chris today, but we do have Jean. And?- Jacquie, the director of Rainbow Services.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04- Pleased to meet you. What a lovely charity.- Wonderful.
0:22:04 > 0:22:10- It's a really good idea. Things we don't need can furnish people's houses.- Absolutely.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14It's a cracking piece of furniture.
0:22:14 > 0:22:21We're going to turn it into cash. It's not a period piece, or it would be worth a lot more,
0:22:21 > 0:22:25- but hopefully, you never know, we'll get more than £200.- Lovely.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29- We've got everything crossed. - Here we go. This is it.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34Number 732 is a 1920s oak desk.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- £100 to start me? 100?- Come on.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40£100 I have. At £100.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Do 110? At £100 bid...
0:22:43 > 0:22:46110. 120. 130.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48- 140.- This is more like it.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53160. At 160 on my right. All done now at 160? All done.
0:22:54 > 0:22:59That wasn't bad, was it? I got very worried for a second!
0:22:59 > 0:23:05We got stuck on £100. In auctions, you need two people on something to push the bid.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08- That's going to Rainbow Services. - Fantastic.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Are you all done?
0:23:13 > 0:23:20I love this next item! That little bacchanalian figure. It belongs to Linda.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24- Not for much longer, Mark.- No. - You'd love to buy this.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26If he was allowed, he'd buy that.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30- It's so Charles Vyse.- Yes. - And it's so small.
0:23:30 > 0:23:37Puts a smile on your face and that's worth investing in. Let's hope this lot invest.
0:23:37 > 0:23:43- Good luck!- Unusual 1930s Dulwich pottery bacchanalian figure.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47I have two commissions with me. I start at £140.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- 140 straight in.- Straight in.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Do I hear 150? 150.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56160. With me at 160. 170.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00180. At 180, still with me. On the book at £180.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05Are you all done? 190. 190 in the corner. I'm out.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08At 190 in the corner. All done?
0:24:08 > 0:24:13- Hammer's gone down. £190. - Amazing. Well done!
0:24:13 > 0:24:18That has got to be a good result. It's put a big grin on your face.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23- I'll have to go and find something else.- What's on your shopping list?
0:24:23 > 0:24:27- Something here today. - What have you spotted?
0:24:29 > 0:24:34That china lady over there. The thing that everybody hates!
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Late Victorian. She's a big girl!
0:24:36 > 0:24:39- Good luck!- After me!
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Welcome to painter's paradise.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51We're in the garden of Paycocke's House.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53just outside of Coggeshall in Essex.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Now if this scene looks familiar to some of you,
0:24:55 > 0:24:58that's because it's the choice spot
0:24:58 > 0:24:59for many amateur artists.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02They love to capture the very essence of this beautiful place.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05But behind that romantic facade,
0:25:05 > 0:25:06I know it's hard to believe
0:25:06 > 0:25:08but there was once a bustling factory
0:25:08 > 0:25:10and a rather glitzy showroom
0:25:10 > 0:25:13for one of the wealthiest businesses in the area.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18When this house was built in 1509, at the time of Henry VIII,
0:25:18 > 0:25:20the village of Coggeshall
0:25:20 > 0:25:24was one of East Anglia's principal clothing-making centres.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Although from a family of butchers,
0:25:26 > 0:25:27its owner, Thomas Paycocke,
0:25:27 > 0:25:30wanted to lead the field in wool and cloth.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33He needed a prime location for his new venture
0:25:33 > 0:25:35to attract passing trade
0:25:35 > 0:25:38so where better than right on the edge of the M1?
0:25:38 > 0:25:42The Roman M1, that is, otherwise known as Stane Street,
0:25:42 > 0:25:45which ran from Colchester to St Albans.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47It would have thronged with pedestrians
0:25:47 > 0:25:48and horse-borne traffic.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53BOLT CLATTERS
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Thomas constructed Paycocke's as a nest for himself
0:25:56 > 0:25:58and his new wife, Margaret.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01This room is beautifully adorned with
0:26:01 > 0:26:03the most wonderful ornamentation.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Thomas would have displayed all his goods here,
0:26:05 > 0:26:07all his cloth and tapestries,
0:26:07 > 0:26:09to be marvelled at.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12How do we know that? Well, unlike the rest of the house,
0:26:12 > 0:26:16the walls here are devoid of any panelling.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17This is quite austere and flat
0:26:17 > 0:26:20but it was Thomas' canvas to display
0:26:20 > 0:26:21his wonderful tapestries.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27To advertise his trade further,
0:26:27 > 0:26:29he used this exquisite linenfold panelling
0:26:29 > 0:26:31on the walls and doors, inside and out.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40I'm going to meet Orlando Visotsky,
0:26:40 > 0:26:43who's the custodian of this rather wonderful building
0:26:43 > 0:26:47and find out a bit more about its history.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48- Hi, Orlando.- Hello.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51What a great job you've got. Smashing place, isn't it?
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Tell me a bit about how the house was constructed.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56The house has evolved over the centuries.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59The Paycockes were already living in a house on this site,
0:26:59 > 0:27:02of which this is the only part that still remains.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04- That dates back to... - Dates back to 1420.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06As they got richer and richer,
0:27:06 > 0:27:10they decided they need a flashy front elevation
0:27:10 > 0:27:11on the street.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13- They added!- That's right.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Was the house very different to any other house in the road?
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Oh, gosh. Very much so.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Paycocke would have done a lot of trading
0:27:21 > 0:27:24with Flanders and France, the Lowlands.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27He brought back some architectural ideas to use on this house.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29- So he was a real visionary? - Very much so.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34This house makes use of something radical called storeys,
0:27:34 > 0:27:39which were unknown for a chap like Paycocke at that time.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41But it's really stood the test of its time.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43It's got a wonderful feel this house.
0:27:43 > 0:27:44- Beautiful.- That's right.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47It does feel very very homely.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Sometimes you walk into stately homes
0:27:49 > 0:27:52and you feel distant from it.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55- There's a connection here. - That's right.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Thomas Paycocke is an ordinary man.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59He's one of us.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Thomas was a self-made man
0:28:01 > 0:28:03who wanted to give something back.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06When he died, he bequeathed much of his great wealth
0:28:06 > 0:28:07to his workers.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10In the 16th century this was most unusual.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Then, it was customary for rich people
0:28:13 > 0:28:15to leave all of their wealth to the Church.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20What of Paycocke's today?
0:28:22 > 0:28:25The woollen trade is no longer here and the workers have gone.
0:28:25 > 0:28:30In the last century, it's become more of a peaceful, tranquil haven.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33Today, as we've seen, the house has become a shrine
0:28:33 > 0:28:34to East Anglia's woollen industry
0:28:34 > 0:28:37and to one visionary entrepreneur
0:28:37 > 0:28:40and the workers and tradesmen that have served with him.
0:28:52 > 0:28:57Back to the valuation day in Harlow, there's, well, magic in the air.
0:28:57 > 0:29:02- Hello, Michael. Hello, Sarah.- Hi. - Hi.- We know what's inside the box,
0:29:02 > 0:29:05but give us a bit of the history first.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09I've had this for about 34 years.
0:29:09 > 0:29:15I used to do table-top magic shows and my aunt in Aberdeen bought it in an auction.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18- I think she paid £20 for it.- Gosh!
0:29:18 > 0:29:23- 34 years ago, you must have been quite young.- Thank you very much.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26I was about 14 at the time.
0:29:26 > 0:29:31- Have you continued that?- It fell by the wayside when I was about 20.
0:29:31 > 0:29:36- Sarah, where has it been for the last 20 years?- In various lofts.
0:29:36 > 0:29:41- You haven't magicked it out of the loft until today?- No.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45Let's have a look at it. It's in a nice, leather fitted case.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48Oh, it's in nice condition, isn't it?
0:29:48 > 0:29:54Not a lot of damage at all. Normally, you get the odd bit of scuffing.
0:29:54 > 0:30:01I'm always tempted to go like that because a lot of them are opera top hats
0:30:01 > 0:30:08where you fold them and you flick them and they open when you want to wear them, but this isn't like that.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12We've got a nice London maker, Christys' of London,
0:30:12 > 0:30:14and then the Edinburgh retailer.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18Then we've got a nice mark, "Imperial Quality", as well.
0:30:18 > 0:30:26Back when these were popular, in the late Victorian, Edwardian period, heads were a lot smaller.
0:30:26 > 0:30:33Most of the time, they sit on the top of your head, but this is quite a good size. It's too big for me.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36I think it's quite a good size.
0:30:36 > 0:30:44- It's been in various lofts. Your aunt bought it for 20 quid. What is it worth today?- I don't know.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48We've sold them before on the show. They're not very rare items.
0:30:48 > 0:30:53It's nice that it's got the fitted box, but we must be realistic.
0:30:53 > 0:30:59I'm going to say that auctioneer's cliche. I think it is probably worth £80 to £100.
0:30:59 > 0:31:04- OK.- And hopefully on the day, we'll get 100, maybe even 120.
0:31:04 > 0:31:10- Are you happy with that?- Yeah. - So we'll put a reserve of £80 on it.- OK.
0:31:10 > 0:31:15Thanks for coming in. I look forward to meeting you both at the auction.
0:31:15 > 0:31:20- Let's hope we pull a magic price out of the hat on the day.- Excellent.
0:31:25 > 0:31:31- Roger and Brenda, I think this is more Roger than Brenda. - You're right!- It's my collection.
0:31:31 > 0:31:37- Tell me about it. - They're autographs I collected when I was at school,
0:31:37 > 0:31:43- writing to people, watching games, mostly late '40s and '50s.- Yeah.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Cricket, golf, tennis, anything.
0:31:45 > 0:31:51- Do you play golf?- I used to. As a child I was given a putter instead of a rattle.
0:31:51 > 0:31:56So I had an eye for a ball. Anything with a ball I could do.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59If there was no ball, I couldn't!
0:31:59 > 0:32:04I'm going to have a quick peep. I recognise the first one!
0:32:04 > 0:32:08The Brylcreem boy! That's Denis Compton, isn't it?
0:32:08 > 0:32:15He was a bit of a wastrel. He would appear at midnight in his bow tie and go straight to a match,
0:32:15 > 0:32:19borrow somebody else's kit, score 100 and go to another party.
0:32:19 > 0:32:25- He didn't always appear at midnight.- Really? - When he was told to be in by 11,
0:32:25 > 0:32:31he thought it meant 11am and so he'd be out all night and then turn up for the match.
0:32:31 > 0:32:37- He was a one with the girls. - Oh, yes. He was the first sort of glamour sportsman.- Great fun.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40You've got all sorts of teams here.
0:32:41 > 0:32:46- Henry Cooper. First man to knock down Muhammad Ali.- He was.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50And we go from Henry Cooper to Margaret Lockwood!
0:32:50 > 0:32:55- How bizarre can you get?- Another glamorous figure.- Fascinating.
0:32:55 > 0:33:02- Stanley Holloway.- Who played the original Doolittle in My Fair Lady, didn't he?
0:33:02 > 0:33:05About the first thing I saw in the West End.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09Sadly, although this is without doubt my favourite item,
0:33:09 > 0:33:17- it's of interest to somebody probably in the £30-£50 range. - Right, OK. These things are worth...
0:33:17 > 0:33:21- The great thing is for it to go to someone who loves it.- Exactly.
0:33:21 > 0:33:26- So I'm going to suggest that we sell it without reserve.- OK.
0:33:26 > 0:33:33If they catalogue it properly, and put as many names in as possible,
0:33:33 > 0:33:39- so it appeals to as many different people as possible, it helps. - Some may not be worth keeping.
0:33:39 > 0:33:44This letter from Sandy McPherson of the BBC, not worth a great deal.
0:33:44 > 0:33:49- I've probably now lost my job! - But to the connoisseur!
0:33:49 > 0:33:54- We'll put it in and see how we go. - You must keep your job.- Thank you.
0:34:04 > 0:34:11- John, you've brought a complete history of a man's record in the army.- Looks like it.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15- Who was he?- He was my grandfather on my mum's side.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18He fought in the Second World War.
0:34:18 > 0:34:23He was a rifleman in the Scottish Cameronians, in the First Battalion.
0:34:23 > 0:34:29- There he is.- Yeah. - Weren't they smart in their kilts? - He was.- Wonderfully smart.
0:34:29 > 0:34:34- Did he get through the war?- Yeah, he died when I was about seven.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37He must have seen a huge amount.
0:34:37 > 0:34:42- He travelled a bit as well? - He certainly did, yeah.
0:34:42 > 0:34:49What I really love is that he's written here, chronologically, everything he's done with the army.
0:34:49 > 0:34:56So he was in the beginning of the war. In 1939, he was in Calcutta, then he was in France.
0:34:56 > 0:35:02And then subsequently sent to Africa and then Italy, Palestine, Lebanon,
0:35:02 > 0:35:04and finished the war in Egypt.
0:35:04 > 0:35:09- That's right.- Just that tells you all about the war,
0:35:09 > 0:35:13how the war moved, and that guy saw it all.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17- Yeah.- Not many of them would have been able to do that.
0:35:17 > 0:35:24- Moving on through here, we've got some very early aeroplanes here, some biplanes...- That's right.
0:35:24 > 0:35:30..which he caught in flight. There's a wonderful page of recreation.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33And there's a game of polo going on here.
0:35:33 > 0:35:38Keeping fit - look at that for a bit of gymnastics! Extraordinary.
0:35:38 > 0:35:43We haven't got time to go through all these pages,
0:35:43 > 0:35:47but this, I think, is my favourite page.
0:35:47 > 0:35:52- There's a wonderful picture of Gandhi.- Yeah, that's Gandhi.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56He looks very thoughtful, a man of principles.
0:35:56 > 0:36:02- Now, why are you going to sell it? Your children aren't interested in this?- Not really, no.
0:36:02 > 0:36:10If you're not keeping them and your children won't use them, what better than to put them into auction?
0:36:10 > 0:36:12If somebody is going to pay money for this,
0:36:12 > 0:36:17- they are not going to throw it away.- It's going to be looked after.
0:36:17 > 0:36:22The medals are worth £30 to £50, £40 to £60.
0:36:22 > 0:36:27The album must be worth £100 of anybody's money, £150, I think.
0:36:27 > 0:36:35- That's fine.- So, 150 to 250, with a reserve of £150. Happy with that? - That's great.- Jolly good.
0:36:35 > 0:36:41Thank you very much for bringing it along. This is a real history lesson in one album.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44It certainly is. Thank you very much.
0:36:49 > 0:36:56- Hi, Chris.- Hi.- As soon as I saw you holding this, I thought, "I've got to film this."
0:36:56 > 0:37:01It's a wacky, bizarre item. Where on earth did you get it from?
0:37:01 > 0:37:03I inherited this from my grandfather
0:37:03 > 0:37:07via my aunt who has sadly passed away
0:37:07 > 0:37:10and it's resting itself in my house,
0:37:10 > 0:37:15trying to avoid damage from the assorted kids and pets that we have.
0:37:15 > 0:37:20I'm just interested in finding out about it and if it's worth anything.
0:37:20 > 0:37:25A lot of people will be interested in it. I think it's Austrian.
0:37:25 > 0:37:32And late 19th century, so any time between 1880 and 1900. And she's made of pottery.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36These were produced in large numbers, normally figures.
0:37:36 > 0:37:41Or busts. I've never quite seen one so elegant as this.
0:37:41 > 0:37:46Have you always known it like this or has it had other pieces with it?
0:37:46 > 0:37:50- There was a stool. - A little china stool?- Yeah.
0:37:50 > 0:37:57But that, I believe, got broken. And it's been sitting on a wooden chair that my grandad made.
0:37:57 > 0:38:04- Originally, these would have been made in pairs.- I did wonder if it was staring at somebody else?
0:38:04 > 0:38:07There would've been a gentleman with her.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10It's just so ridiculously camp.
0:38:10 > 0:38:17You've got a wonderful plumed hat. The quality is very good. Lovely, delicate expressions on her face.
0:38:17 > 0:38:24And she's holding this wonderful, oversized fan. It's a fantastically outrageous item really.
0:38:24 > 0:38:30Chris, we come now to the crucial point of how much is she worth.
0:38:30 > 0:38:37If we were putting it into auction, we've got to bear in mind some minor damage, the odd chip here and there.
0:38:37 > 0:38:43But with something as complicated and as old as this, you have to expect that.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47I would suggest £300 to £400. Would you be happy with that?
0:38:47 > 0:38:54- Yeah, that's fine. - And we'll put a reserve of 300 with 10% discretion on that.- That's fine.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58On the day, it might be a surprise and fly away.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02- Hopefully, not off the shelf until they've paid for it!- Yeah.
0:39:02 > 0:39:09- Thank you for bringing such a memorable item in.- Thank you very much for giving me the information.
0:39:15 > 0:39:21Can the auctioneer magic up some interest in this top hat, complete with fitted box?
0:39:21 > 0:39:27I'm sure Roger's autograph book will excite great interest amongst the sports collectors.
0:39:27 > 0:39:32These wartime photos and medals are a picture book of social history,
0:39:32 > 0:39:36but can it win a place in someone's heart?
0:39:36 > 0:39:40And can this lady turn enough heads to win a suitor?
0:39:40 > 0:39:44Auctioneer James Grinter thinks she's got potential.
0:39:46 > 0:39:52I don't know what to say. Mass-produced Victoriana. Massive, great big pottery figure.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56This belongs to Chris. It was his grandfather's.
0:39:56 > 0:40:01And I think it's time to go. We've got £300 to £400 on her.
0:40:01 > 0:40:06- You get a lot for your money.- It's the largest figure I've ever seen.
0:40:06 > 0:40:11- And me.- In 27 years, I haven't seen another one like it.
0:40:11 > 0:40:17- It was one of a pair originally. - There'd be a gentleman.- A dandy. - Courting her.- Exactly.
0:40:17 > 0:40:23- Where would you have displayed it? - I don't know.- Perhaps on top of a Victorian upright piano?
0:40:23 > 0:40:27- One either side.- Or a purpose-made piece of furniture.
0:40:27 > 0:40:33A small chair or little settee made for the two of them to sit together.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35- It's quite fascinating.- It is.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39The condition is absolutely remarkable. It's perfect.
0:40:39 > 0:40:45It's High Victorian taste, but I think it will appeal to people.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47It's a very decorative thing.
0:40:47 > 0:40:52Not necessarily in fashion today, but I still think it'll do quite well.
0:40:52 > 0:40:58- I'm glad it's the lady. A single gentleman won't sell so well.- True.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01- £300 to £400?- It stands a chance.
0:41:01 > 0:41:07- How much more?- I've never seen one before, so it's difficult to gauge.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11- So we could get more.- Yes. - A lot more.
0:41:16 > 0:41:22Brenda and Roger, hello. Your autograph book is up for grabs. Hopefully, we have eager bidders.
0:41:22 > 0:41:27- Hopefully.- From the 1940s and '50s. - Yes, my schooldays, really.
0:41:27 > 0:41:34- When I started collecting.- Who's your biggest hero in the book? - Well, I would say Denis Compton.
0:41:34 > 0:41:39- Charlie, you've put £30-£40. - There's no Bradman or WG Grace.
0:41:39 > 0:41:46- That's where the big money is. - These won't have serious value for another 50, 60 years.
0:41:46 > 0:41:52We'll be gone then. Somebody else will see Denis Compton and think, "Finest cricketer ever!"
0:41:52 > 0:41:55They'll be back up for sale!
0:41:55 > 0:41:59But you've got to be right here to buy them. This is it.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02The school of art sketchbook.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05- £160 I'm bid.- What?!
0:42:05 > 0:42:09- I beg your pardon?- 160!
0:42:09 > 0:42:13At £160. Are you all done?
0:42:13 > 0:42:17Yes! £160. Straight in, straight out.
0:42:17 > 0:42:22A great effort. More than I'd expected, but what I'd hoped.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26There was one name, probably, that somebody really wanted.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Cricket's supposed to be my specialist subject!
0:42:36 > 0:42:42- Sarah, Michael, good to see you again. Can you do any magic tricks? - I'm not prepared, sorry.
0:42:42 > 0:42:48Hopefully, your last one will be turning this top hat, valued at £20 35 years ago,
0:42:48 > 0:42:52into £100 right now in the next couple of minutes.
0:42:52 > 0:42:58- We've got a value of £80 to £100. - It's in good condition.- It is.
0:42:58 > 0:43:02It's in a nice leather box and top hat size is important.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06- A lot of them are very small. - They don't fit your head.
0:43:06 > 0:43:11This one does fit, so hopefully we'll be able to get £80 to £100.
0:43:11 > 0:43:15Before that, Michael has one last little magic trick.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23Yeah!
0:43:24 > 0:43:26Hang on.
0:43:26 > 0:43:30- No, there's nothing there. - You know that already.
0:43:30 > 0:43:36No.415 is the Edwardian, black, silk top hat by Scott. Original box.
0:43:36 > 0:43:40£60 to start me? 60 I have down here. At 60.
0:43:40 > 0:43:4365. 70. 75.
0:43:43 > 0:43:47- 80. 85... - We're getting there.- We are.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49100. £100.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52Down here at £100. Are you all done?
0:43:52 > 0:43:56We did it. We got that magical £100. Well done.
0:43:56 > 0:44:01There's a bit of commission to pay, but it's a nice meal out.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03Lots of memories for you have gone.
0:44:03 > 0:44:10- Yes, but I've had a good time with it.- Has he still got the cape at home and the wand?
0:44:10 > 0:44:13- He's got the wand. - I like the wand.- Yeah.
0:44:20 > 0:44:27This next lot is a cracking item. Not a lot of monetary value, but there's a lot of history here.
0:44:27 > 0:44:31It belongs to John. And all this social history is the contents
0:44:31 > 0:44:37- of your grandfather's campaign throughout the Second World War. - That's right.
0:44:37 > 0:44:44- Have you got other things that he left you?- There are photographs that I'm definitely keeping.
0:44:44 > 0:44:48No.504 is a group of five Second World War medals.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51And the photograph album. £100 to start me?
0:44:51 > 0:44:54- Fingers crossed.- £100 I'm bid.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57At £100. 110? At £100.
0:44:57 > 0:45:01- 110 anywhere? At £100. Any advance? - There's no bidding.
0:45:01 > 0:45:04Are you all done...?
0:45:04 > 0:45:09- Grandad's looking down, giving you a bit of a ticking off.- Yeah.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12- John, please hang on to them. - Definitely.
0:45:22 > 0:45:28Next, that wonderful Austrian pottery figure. She's big, blousy and beautiful.
0:45:28 > 0:45:30She's late Victorian and very rare.
0:45:30 > 0:45:35We talked to the auctioneer about it. We don't have the owner Chris.
0:45:35 > 0:45:42- But we do have his son Robert. Hello. Is Dad on holiday?- Yeah, but I don't really know where he is.
0:45:42 > 0:45:47- And you don't care.- No, party time! - Which means it's party time!
0:45:47 > 0:45:49Yeah, why not?
0:45:49 > 0:45:56- Seriously, if we do really well on this, you will get on the phone to Dad and let him know.- Sure.
0:45:56 > 0:46:01We're looking for £400-plus. James agreed with your valuation.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04It's lovely. It's very televisual.
0:46:04 > 0:46:10- And as you say, she's blousy, a lot there for £300 to £400.- Yeah.
0:46:10 > 0:46:16- I think this lot will agree with your valuation. We've got the nod of approval.- And a wink!
0:46:16 > 0:46:19Good luck, everybody.
0:46:19 > 0:46:24No.63 is the very large, 19th century German ceramic figure of a lady.
0:46:24 > 0:46:29Very unusual. I have two commissions and I start the bidding at £280.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32300 with Ian. At £300. 320.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35340. 360. 380.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38400. 420. 440.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41At 440. The lady's bid now at 440.
0:46:41 > 0:46:44- We're happy with that.- 460.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46480. 500. 520.
0:46:46 > 0:46:48- 540.- This is great!
0:46:48 > 0:46:51560. 580. 600.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53620. 640.
0:46:53 > 0:46:57- 660.- Gosh!- 680. 700.
0:46:57 > 0:47:01- 720. 740. 760. - That's unbelievable!- 780.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04800. 820. 840. 860.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07- 880. 900.- We might get £1,000!
0:47:07 > 0:47:09920. 940. 960.
0:47:09 > 0:47:12980. 1,000. 1,100.
0:47:12 > 0:47:15- 1,100?!- 1,200. 1,300...
0:47:15 > 0:47:18- What have we missed, Mark? - I don't know!
0:47:18 > 0:47:211,500. At £1,500.
0:47:21 > 0:47:24On my right now at £1,500...
0:47:24 > 0:47:26Are you all done...?
0:47:26 > 0:47:31- £1,500!- I do believe they're going to be extremely happy with that!
0:47:31 > 0:47:35They've got to be happy with that. I'm tingling all over!
0:47:35 > 0:47:40What do you think of her? You've seen her around the house.
0:47:40 > 0:47:45- I really don't like her.- But you like the £1,500.- I like the 1,500 quid!
0:47:45 > 0:47:48You should phone Dad. That'll make his holiday!
0:47:48 > 0:47:55- He'll probably stay away for another two weeks, so it's more partying!- Definitely.
0:47:55 > 0:47:59- Thank you so much.- Thank you. - I'm amazed.- That's incredible.
0:47:59 > 0:48:07I thought 300 to 400 was a little on the conservative side, but it is best to tease the bidders in.
0:48:07 > 0:48:13- But 1,500, you can't beat it!- What a fine lady! She had a fine figure and she achieved a fine figure.
0:48:13 > 0:48:20We've had great fun here, so until the next time, there's plenty more surprises to come on Flog It!