0:00:03 > 0:00:07We've got sun, sand and sea here in Tenby and hopefully plenty
0:00:07 > 0:00:10of surprises, so welcome to Flog It!
0:00:45 > 0:00:49This pretty little town is in South West Wales and not only is it
0:00:49 > 0:00:53a magnet for the tourists, it also has its own small fishing industry.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57The tourists began to flock here in the early Victorian period,
0:00:57 > 0:01:00when its stunning beaches and invigorating sea air
0:01:00 > 0:01:03were considered the ideal cure for many ailments and diseases.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Well, I wish I was here to relax, but today's experts,
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Charlie Ross and Philip Serral are probably already dipping the cue
0:01:16 > 0:01:18looking for the best antiques to take off to auction
0:01:18 > 0:01:20and not letting me have a look in.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24I bet, so I think I'd better get over there and join them and start
0:01:24 > 0:01:28looking for some seaside souvenirs of my own before they run out.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32# We want the new traditions
0:01:32 > 0:01:34# Whoa, oh, whoa, oh, oh
0:01:34 > 0:01:36# It's like a revelation
0:01:36 > 0:01:38# Whoa, oh, whoa, oh, oh
0:01:38 > 0:01:40# We live on... #
0:01:40 > 0:01:43And first to the table in the De Valance Pavilion is
0:01:43 > 0:01:47Charlie Ross and it looks as though he's found something rather special.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Deanne, I think we can undoubtedly give you the prize
0:01:52 > 0:01:55for the oldest thing on Flog It today,
0:01:55 > 0:01:57- if not ever.- Me or this?
0:01:57 > 0:01:59THEY LAUGH
0:01:59 > 0:02:04Well, not unless you were born in 1648,
0:02:04 > 0:02:081648 this is, how did you get it?
0:02:08 > 0:02:12I had an elderly neighbour who I used to do her garden for her,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15and she'd owned an antique shop in London.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20- Really?- In the 1920s. - Do you know where abouts? - In St Christopher Place.- Right.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22And one day she said to me, would you like this?
0:02:22 > 0:02:26So I've had it since then and it's been in a trunk in
0:02:26 > 0:02:32my house for the last 30 years and when I saw you were here today, I thought, I'll take that.
0:02:32 > 0:02:37- A chance to get rid of it. Have you ever read it all?- I have. - Yeah, what's it about?
0:02:37 > 0:02:41It's about bronzing a coat of arms for this,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44I think it's Coiland Sinclair.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48I think it's Coland, I've been looking at that. I think it's Coland Sinclair.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50- I think that is a C, although very fancy.- It is.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53It looks like a curtain doesn't it, coming around here. Coland Sinclair.
0:02:53 > 0:02:59- And it's the granting of a coat of arms to him, that family.- Yes.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03What I think is really interesting is the date, which is 1648.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05One year,
0:03:05 > 0:03:10in fact it was January 1649, that Charles I lost his head
0:03:10 > 0:03:13because it says in the form of 20th year the reign
0:03:13 > 0:03:16of our Sovereign Lord, King Charles of England.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19I'm absolutely sure it's authentic.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21It's definitely on vellum,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24which is a calf skin, you can feel the texture of it.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Secondly, the decoration is real.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31I mean, it isn't printed on, any other shape or form.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33It's actually painted on.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38And this, presumably, if we had time to look it up, would be the Sinclair coat of arms.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- I would have thought so. - Which would still be going today, no doubt.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44When you dug it out of the box it was in,
0:03:44 > 0:03:48did you have an idea of what it might be worth?
0:03:48 > 0:03:52No, no. Because I've moved house, it's actually in the garage,
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- in the trunk.- So it's not doing any good in the trunk is it?
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- No it isn't.- My view is that it is worth 50 to £100,
0:03:58 > 0:04:00but it's a bit of a guess.
0:04:00 > 0:04:07Certainly not worth hundreds of pounds, but it must have a value because of its age
0:04:07 > 0:04:09and its relative quality,
0:04:09 > 0:04:12so 50 to £100 and we'll sell it without reserve?
0:04:12 > 0:04:16I know Paul gets very cross when I sell things without reserve.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19No, I don't want to upset Paul.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Bother it, we'll upset Paul. Let's sell it without reserve.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24SHE LAUGHS
0:04:30 > 0:04:36- So it's Angharad and Barth, where does that come from, then? - From Kosovo.
0:04:36 > 0:04:42Kosovo, right. So you've brought Mum along today, have you? Has she behaved herself?
0:04:42 > 0:04:44We think so!
0:04:44 > 0:04:47- So, you brought this along to sell? - Yes.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49I'm going to need a bit of help here,
0:04:49 > 0:04:52because I'm not sure I can manage this on my own, what is this made of?
0:04:52 > 0:04:57- Leather.- Leather, and what would you have kept in there?- A gun.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58Excellent, what a man, what a man.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01We'll go into a bit more detail but leave that to me.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06This is called a leg-o-mutton and it's a leather gun case
0:05:06 > 0:05:11and you would keep a 12-bore shotgun in here and if you
0:05:11 > 0:05:14can imagine a 12-bore shotgun, the bit of wood in front of the
0:05:14 > 0:05:20trigger, called the fore-end, you take that off, then open the gun and take the barrels off.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24The stop part of the trigger would go in this bit
0:05:24 > 0:05:28and the barrels would go in that bit and you would shut it up
0:05:28 > 0:05:34and off you'd go, carrying your gun around and in your leather, leg-o-mutton gun case.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- Have you had it long? - No, a few months.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40A few months? Why only a few months?
0:05:40 > 0:05:44Just bought it at a local sale, thought it was nice,
0:05:44 > 0:05:48I liked the leather and condition of it.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53- What did you pay for this?- Erm, would have worked out at £17, two for 34.
0:05:53 > 0:05:59- Well, I had a word with my colleague earlier, didn't I, and what do we think this is worth?- 50.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02£50, yeah, I think that's probably what we thought.
0:06:02 > 0:06:08- We think this probably worth £50, but we're going to put an estimate on it of 30 to £50.- Yeah.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10And we'll put a reserve of about £25,
0:06:10 > 0:06:14but I think we'll it'll sell quite well, are you happy with that?
0:06:14 > 0:06:16- Yeah, that'll be great. - Who gets the money?
0:06:16 > 0:06:17I think Barth can have the money.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19And what will he spend the money on?
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Chocolate probably.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Fingers crossed, can you do that?
0:06:23 > 0:06:28Well done, matey. Funny man, this television man, isn't he?
0:06:39 > 0:06:40Francis, there's one thing missing.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42- What's that?- A nice bottle of wine.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Oh, my goodness!
0:06:44 > 0:06:45THEY LAUGH
0:06:45 > 0:06:48You were thinking, what's dropped off?
0:06:48 > 0:06:52- I feel like a nice peppery Bordeaux right now.- Do you?
0:06:52 > 0:06:56So, I gather you're a bit of a corkscrew collector?
0:06:56 > 0:06:59I like corkscrews, they've given us a lot of fun, my wife and I have
0:06:59 > 0:07:02been to many, many corkscrew collectors meetings.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- How many have you got?- About 100.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09I bow to your knowledge, if you've got over 100 you must have done lots of research?
0:07:09 > 0:07:15Yes, I have and I've enjoyed the whole research on corkscrews, it's been great.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18This is surplus to my requirements, really.
0:07:18 > 0:07:24So you're flogging off something from the lower end of the collection? Always trading upwards.
0:07:24 > 0:07:29- Always trading upwards, that's it. - You know the score, don't you? Always buy the best you can afford.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32I'm looking for a maker's name, it's not signed.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34- Sadly not, no.- That's where the value is in a corkscrew.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37It would've been made, probably in Birmingham,
0:07:37 > 0:07:43there were lots of factories in Birmingham in the 1830s, '40s, '50s, making this type of thing.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46As you know, it's a Thomason type, with this mechanical working.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Yes, invented by Sir Edward Thomason.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Typical nice steelwork and that does all the work.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53You can see it's survived the years.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58Great quality, Victorian quality at it's best.
0:07:58 > 0:08:06- It looks 1820s or 30s with that handle, which is a detail you will find.- That's nice, isn't it?
0:08:06 > 0:08:08- It's a nice turned-bone handle. - Very nice.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Dusting-off brush which adds a bit of value.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14You can have a drink and a shave at the same time. Why not!
0:08:14 > 0:08:15THEY LAUGH
0:08:15 > 0:08:19It's of brass construction, I like the armorial that's the coat
0:08:19 > 0:08:24of arms of Queen Victoria, so this dates this around about 1840.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26That sort of era, yes.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30It's beautiful, it's a nice thing to hold, it is a gentleman's toy.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34Yeah, it's a very nice thing, this is what first attracted me
0:08:34 > 0:08:39to corkscrews, very nice, tactile things and associated with wine...
0:08:39 > 0:08:43- Which is what you love!- Exactly! - THEY LAUGH
0:08:43 > 0:08:45I must admit, I'm with you on that one.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49- Are you?- Yeah, if we could attribute this to a maker, that's where
0:08:49 > 0:08:53the value is, it'd be worth in the region of two to £300. But we can't.
0:08:53 > 0:08:59I still think it's worth in the region of 130 to £150, somewhere around there.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01But put a reserve on at 100.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04- 100, OK, fine.- Fixed reserve at 100.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- Happy with that?- Yes, I'm happy.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- Brenda, how are you doing? - Very well, thank you.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Now, I think this is really, really interesting.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21I've got one of these at home that was my grandfather's.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24They're always known as Queen Mary's gift box, aren't they?
0:09:24 > 0:09:28- Yes.- But they're not really Queen Mary's cos they are...?
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- Princess Mary.- Right. And I'm going to let you tell me all about it now,
0:09:31 > 0:09:33so you're going to become the Flog It expert
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- and I'll sit here and listen. - The ambition of my life!
0:09:36 > 0:09:40- Come on, then.- Well, this box was given to me by an elderly gentleman
0:09:40 > 0:09:44about 25 years ago, cos he knew I collected tins
0:09:44 > 0:09:48and I've got dozens of them and then I opened it up
0:09:48 > 0:09:53and inside was the original contents with the card from Princess Mary
0:09:53 > 0:09:58to the troops, which said, "With all best wishes
0:09:58 > 0:10:02"for a happy Christmas and a victorious new year."
0:10:02 > 0:10:04And this was in 1914.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08And then there was the original tobacco...
0:10:08 > 0:10:10and the cigarettes...
0:10:11 > 0:10:14..and the badge with "Victory" written on it. Yeah.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17So, let me just take one of these...
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Lord above!
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Look at that, eh?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24There's no health warning on those, is there?
0:10:24 > 0:10:27No, and it's got Princess Mary's stamp on it.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31It's got Princess Mary's monogram just there, hasn't it?
0:10:31 > 0:10:34And let's just see what else it's got in there.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Have you seen that?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39- Yeah.- Isn't that just lovely?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- That's Princess Mary. - Her photographed seated.- Yeah.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46Let me just shut the box up so we can just still see this cover.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50What we see in the sale room today is normally just that, isn't it?
0:10:50 > 0:10:53- Yes.- Cos these contents have long since gone.- Yes.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56And the thing that I always think is really really sad
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- is they make little or no money. - No, I know.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03Mind you, there were thousands of them distributed, weren't there?
0:11:03 > 0:11:08- Yeah, but I mean how many Beswick horses were there made?- Yeah.
0:11:08 > 0:11:09- You know?- That's true.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12And that, without the contents
0:11:12 > 0:11:15in an auction's probably, what, £5 or £10?
0:11:15 > 0:11:18- Yes. Something like that.- And no more than that. And for people
0:11:18 > 0:11:20who've lost family in the First World War,
0:11:20 > 0:11:23I think they ought to be worth a whole load more than it is.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Why are you selling it?
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Well, I've got so many hundreds of tins
0:11:28 > 0:11:30and the house we're in now,
0:11:30 > 0:11:33you can't display them like we used to be able to
0:11:33 > 0:11:37and I saw Flog It was coming and thought I'd find something quirky.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39You'd take it to Flog It and Flog It.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Yeah. I don't know how many people have seen one with the contents.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47No. And that's the key thing, cos the fact that you've got all of this.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49I just think that's absolutely lovely
0:11:49 > 0:11:52and I think at auction this is going to make between 20 and £40.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56- And I think that you need a reserve on it at £15.- Yeah.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59I think if someone's got 20 quid at the auction,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- they've got a real bit of history there, haven't they?- Yeah.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04And so, well done you, for bringing it in.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- Some museum might buy it. - Let's live in hope.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Richard, I know what should be in there and I'm certain it is,
0:12:15 > 0:12:19because I've lifted it up. I know the weight of it. Where did it come from?
0:12:19 > 0:12:23Well, it was found in my father's house, he died about 10 years ago.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27My wife and I were sorting around his stuff and she found it at the bottom of a cupboard
0:12:27 > 0:12:34under a lot of linen and I had never see it before and we really know nothing about its history.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38Right, well we can tell you all about it. Have you used it all?
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Oh, yes, it works reasonably well.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45I had it on my desk for a couple of years and then it started to lose
0:12:45 > 0:12:49time and I got a bit fed up of it so I put it in its box and hid it away.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52I'm expecting to find a carriage clock in here, I'm sure I will.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54There is a little button that releases the top.
0:12:54 > 0:13:01What you can do is leave it in its case and still have the benefit of the clock itself, carriage clock as
0:13:01 > 0:13:03it is, by just pulling that panel up there
0:13:03 > 0:13:07and a slot in the back to put it in. Isn't that neat?
0:13:07 > 0:13:11- Very nice.- Let me just pull it out.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Ah, now this is a very special carriage clock.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16It's got three wonderful panels.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18We'll come to those in a minute.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Now, the case itself is brass.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25I expect the case is made in England.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29I expect the movement to be French
0:13:29 > 0:13:35and the panels, that I mentioned briefly, are pietra dura,
0:13:35 > 0:13:38hard stone, literally translated from the Italian.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40They are panels from Italy.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44And it's a miniature carriage clock and I think it's absolutely sweet.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49I can see that there is a little bit of damage on the back panel here.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52That is an expensive job to do.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Somebody doing this will need to repair that, otherwise, bit by bit,
0:13:55 > 0:13:58the pieces of stone will fall out and you'll be left with nothing.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01But, the side panel is absolutely perfect.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06- Did you think about the value of it while you had it tucked away? - Well, it's a nice looking thing.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10I would say that it has value because it's pretty,
0:14:10 > 0:14:13but I know that it is not in terribly good condition.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16It's just that last panel, that back panel of petra dura.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19I think it's worth, well it would be worth
0:14:19 > 0:14:21three to 500 all day long in perfect condition.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25I really think two to 300 is the right estimate,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28reserve at 200 and the auctioneer should work hard
0:14:28 > 0:14:31on this because I think it will certainly be, even if there's
0:14:31 > 0:14:35six carriage clocks in his sale, it'll be the best carriage clock at his auction.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50When I think of romanticised Wales, I'm imagining rolling green hills
0:14:50 > 0:14:54and wonderful stone built workshops isolated in the countryside,
0:14:54 > 0:14:57with possibly beams of sunlight sort of glittering in
0:14:57 > 0:14:59on a lone artisan working inside there...
0:14:59 > 0:15:03using hand tools, working with his hands, creating something
0:15:03 > 0:15:07and hopefully listening to the sound of a gentle strumming harp.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12However, here in the village of Llandysul, near Carmarthen,
0:15:12 > 0:15:15a mini Industrial Revolution has taken place.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17The old handicrafts have been replaced
0:15:17 > 0:15:21by computers and technology, transforming the art of harpmaking.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24And it's all down to a small community of workers.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31The project is called Telynau Teifi and it's spearheading
0:15:31 > 0:15:35the mechanisation of harpmaking, creating employment
0:15:35 > 0:15:40and harnessing the skills and enthusiasm of young local people.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43The scheme is the brain child of Allan Shiers, who began making harps
0:15:43 > 0:15:46as an artisan, 30 years ago.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Tell me a little bit about harps. It's such an unusual instrument
0:15:51 > 0:15:54to be involved with. How did that happen?
0:15:54 > 0:15:57I worked for a chap called John Weston Thomas,
0:15:57 > 0:16:01who resurrected the craft of harpmaking in Wales, cos prior to that, it had died out.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04I worked for five years and stayed in contact with him
0:16:04 > 0:16:06when I went to teach at the Welsh Instrument School.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10So, his harps were the ones to have for anybody that was into Celtic music?
0:16:10 > 0:16:14- Yeah.- What was it like to make your very first complete harp?
0:16:14 > 0:16:16- Can you remember that day? - Yeah, I can.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18John Thomas and I worked together.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20We said we'd make two halves in parallel,
0:16:20 > 0:16:23so he could keep an eye on me and then at the end,
0:16:23 > 0:16:26the people came to play them and they were just
0:16:26 > 0:16:29equal to each other and that was quite a moment.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33He always said that eventually, the pupil should exceed the master
0:16:33 > 0:16:36or the master has failed, which is daunting cos he was a great chap.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39And then, he's died now, but we've gone on to make concert harps
0:16:39 > 0:16:43which he never did, so we're taking that on to the next generation
0:16:43 > 0:16:45and expanding what we do.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48What's the difference between a concert harp
0:16:48 > 0:16:50and one of the standard harps?
0:16:50 > 0:16:54If you thought of, say, a mode of transport as being a bicycle and a motor car, they're both very...
0:16:54 > 0:16:58- as different as that. - Appropriate for different needs, but the complexity of parts
0:16:58 > 0:17:01is about 2,000 moving parts in a concert harp,
0:17:01 > 0:17:04but far less in a folk harp or a Celtic harp.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07How long would it take you to normally build a Celtic harp?
0:17:07 > 0:17:10By hand, it would be about six or eight weeks.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13And then a concert harp, about a year.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16I remember thinking "Crumbs, I've spent...
0:17:16 > 0:17:19"however many weeks making that harp and somebody's actually paid for it."
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- And that must be a nice feeling. - Well, when they play it,
0:17:23 > 0:17:25when the harp sings for the first time,
0:17:25 > 0:17:27it's quite a special moment, really.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35At my age, you start thinking, "Hang on, how can we pass this on
0:17:35 > 0:17:37"to the next generation before I lose my skills."
0:17:37 > 0:17:40The best way to do it, I felt, was to actually make it into
0:17:40 > 0:17:43a community business, if we could, involving the local authority.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Bought an old school,
0:17:45 > 0:17:48so we built it into a team of people, rather than an individual.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50The question was how you did it,
0:17:50 > 0:17:54how you actually changed from a craft into a community business,
0:17:54 > 0:17:57a one-man band to seven or eight people
0:17:57 > 0:18:00and then the way that you communicated those skills
0:18:00 > 0:18:04using appropriate technology to take away the drudgery,
0:18:04 > 0:18:07and free you up to do the creative stuff. That's the bottom line,
0:18:07 > 0:18:10does it frees you up to be creative? I think that's the best way.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16These youngsters coming in have been brought up with computers
0:18:16 > 0:18:18and they'll be using skills I don't have
0:18:18 > 0:18:21and that's great cos it's a cross-fertilization.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24I need them and they need me and that makes the team more balanced.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Do you think there might be a danger that
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- all the old ways might be replaced?- I don't think so.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32I think the quality of the wood and the soundboard
0:18:32 > 0:18:34and the acoustics, are still very human
0:18:34 > 0:18:37and even though we've done something on a machine,
0:18:37 > 0:18:40it still has to be hand finished and toleranced and fitted,
0:18:40 > 0:18:44so all the machines do is break the donkey work down.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51We have people who are a bit like I was when I was 16,
0:18:51 > 0:18:54bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Anxious to learn
0:18:54 > 0:18:57and get the thrill of actually turning stuff into things.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- And then when it's played, what a reward!- Yes.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03I think that's human nature. That doesn't change with age.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06I still get the same buzz, but for me, it's nice to see
0:19:06 > 0:19:09one of the lads who's done something, sit back and I know exactly
0:19:09 > 0:19:12what's going through his mind and that's very creative.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16If a 16 or 20-year-old can do that, there's a chance this will survive.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Do you think the definitive harp has been made yet?
0:19:27 > 0:19:30No. I wouldn't keep struggling, I think,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33and the harp, to some extent, is still in its infancy.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Stradivari, Guarneri, Amati violins, that's the absolute,
0:19:36 > 0:19:40I don't think we've got there with the harp and that's exciting.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52The work of Allan Shiers' Telynau Teifi community
0:19:52 > 0:19:53is certainly ongoing.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57Not only are they embracing new technology to improve the instrument,
0:19:57 > 0:20:00but they're also closely working with Cardiff University
0:20:00 > 0:20:02to improve the instrument's sound.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05You can definitely say the future of this stunning instrument
0:20:05 > 0:20:07is in safe hands.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21And before we head off to auction, it's time for a little reminder
0:20:21 > 0:20:22of what we are taking with us.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23Starting with Phillip's find,
0:20:23 > 0:20:27Princess Mary's gift box with all its original contents.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29It's a real little time capsule.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31The document is certainly old,
0:20:31 > 0:20:34but will its age be reflected in the price?
0:20:35 > 0:20:39I hope the gun case makes the £50 Barth has predicted.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42He could be an auctioneer of the future.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45The corkscrew is a lovely item, so let's hope
0:20:45 > 0:20:48someone in the saleroom agrees and wants to add it to their collection.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52I've got high hopes for Richard's carriage clock,
0:20:52 > 0:20:54at 200 to £300, this could be the time to buy it.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03We've left sunny Tenby behind and we've come here,
0:21:03 > 0:21:07to Carmarthen to Peter Francis Auctioneers,
0:21:07 > 0:21:11where I hope the sun is still shining on our experts' valuations
0:21:11 > 0:21:14and our owners' items, as they go under the hammer.
0:21:20 > 0:21:26We have two auctioneers taking the rostrum for us today, Nigel Hodgson and Jeff Thomas.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Something for the purists. This is the oldest thing in the show.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Possibly one of the oldest things we've ever had.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Dated 1648, the King Charles I parchment
0:21:35 > 0:21:39and it belongs to Deanne here, and hopefully for not much longer.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43- Well, it's going to sell, there is no reserve on this.- That's true.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45And guess who got that in?
0:21:45 > 0:21:47- I can't possibly imagine. - THEY LAUGH
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Who likes sneaking those in?
0:21:49 > 0:21:53Lot 659 is the 17th Century parchment
0:21:53 > 0:21:58or perhaps vellum document, dated 4th July 1648.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00- Some interest here.- Oh, good.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04I have two bidders which start me at 160.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Wow! That's good.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09£200 I'm bid, £200 I'm bid with me,
0:22:09 > 0:22:12at 200, can I say 220 anywhere else?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Selling it then, all happy?
0:22:14 > 0:22:17- Selling at £200!- Yay!- Wow! - Extraordinary!
0:22:17 > 0:22:20I didn't think it would sell.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24- That was short and sweet, wasn't it? - I know, but even so...
0:22:24 > 0:22:28No reserve you see, so it kind of puts you in a down mood to start with.
0:22:28 > 0:22:35- He said you'd be annoyed if he put no reserve on it.- Yeah.- I said I don't want to annoy you!- Oh, oh!
0:22:44 > 0:22:47It's now time to introduce you to Angharad and Barth. Hi, there.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50He is our youngest valuer on the show.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53You know what, I think he's going to be good when he grows up.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- How much is this going for?- £50.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58£50!
0:22:58 > 0:23:03Well, it's leather gun case, the leg-o-mutton, isn't really, by virtue of its shape?
0:23:03 > 0:23:06We did a valuation of around 30-£50.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10That's what Barth told me and I think he's probably right. I think it'll do very well.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12- Do you?- He's promised me a high five at the end.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17Has he? Well, let's hope we get a big high five £50 for this.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21It's now all down to the auctioneer and he's over there on the rostrum.
0:23:21 > 0:23:2643 is a mid 20th century, leather, leg-o-mutton gun case.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29£50 start me, 50?
0:23:29 > 0:23:3150, 30, £30,
0:23:31 > 0:23:3420 to go, no-one wants it, surely. £20, 20 I have.
0:23:34 > 0:23:39At £20, I bid 30, at 30, £30, 40,
0:23:39 > 0:23:43at 30 then, goes then at £30.
0:23:43 > 0:23:48- Yes! Well done, spot on, Philip. - It's five, but not a high five. - Yeah. A high 30.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00OK, now it's my turn to be the expert.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04Remember that lovely little corkscrew? The Victorian one.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Well, it's going under the hammer. I've been joined by Francis, its owner.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- Thank you, Paul.- Hopefully we'll get the top end of the estimate.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14- I hope so.- There are a couple of other corkscrews here.- I know.
0:24:14 > 0:24:20- Competition.- But that's good because it brings in the dealers. There is a few for them to choose from.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25- Good, good.- And obviously if we get that top end, then you are going home with a bottle of wine.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29I would hope so. I'm going to trade wine for wine on this occasion. THEY LAUGH
0:24:29 > 0:24:32458, an early 19th century, Thomason patented,
0:24:32 > 0:24:36telescopic brass and steel corkscrew.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40- 9 inch, fully extended.- It's a nice thing, it's a gentleman's toy, this.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42- Indeed.- And very practical as well.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44And it could tell a few stories I suspect.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46100 to start me, 100? 80?
0:24:46 > 0:24:51- £80, £50, £50. As low as that? - Come on.
0:24:51 > 0:24:57At 50, £50, 60 surely now, at 50, £50 I bid, 60, £60.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00- Struggling, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04£70 bid, at 70, 80, do I hear now?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06- At 70, £70, are you all done then? - Oh, dear, never mind.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09At 70, bit disappointing. At 70, you all done?
0:25:09 > 0:25:12At £70, well I'm very sorry, we have to pass it.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16- Oh, well.- There we are.- We got all excited for nothing.- Yes.- Oh, dear.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19That's unusual because I had a chat to the auctioneer and he said
0:25:19 > 0:25:22no problem because they normally mention things if there's a problem.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25If he thinks they're not going to sell, he knows the market,
0:25:25 > 0:25:27he'll say, "Paul, I think it's going to struggle."
0:25:27 > 0:25:29- Right.- But he didn't say anything.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31He agreed with the valuation, I guess.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35- Fair enough.- There were no wine lovers here, like us!- No.
0:25:41 > 0:25:42Next up, I've been joined by Brenda
0:25:42 > 0:25:46and Phillip, our expert, and we've got the Princess Mary 1914
0:25:46 > 0:25:50commemoration gift to the soldiers in the First World War,
0:25:50 > 0:25:55with a cheeky little valuation by Phillip. 30, 40, hopefully £50?
0:25:55 > 0:25:59It had, though, to be fair, it had some damage to the tin, didn't it?
0:25:59 > 0:26:02- It was cracked.- You look too close, your eye's too good!
0:26:02 > 0:26:04I didn't spot that. Nigel spotted that.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Don't go telling all these other people here about it now.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11- Dear me!- But we think it could do the top end of the estimate.- Good.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14- 40, 50, £60. That's what we want. - We do.- Up there. 60 odd.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18- It's going under the hammer now. Good luck, Brenda.- Thank you.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23This is one of the First World War period gilded brass tobacco boxes
0:26:23 > 0:26:27that you come across quite regularly in sales, but unusually
0:26:27 > 0:26:32with this one, it contains the block of tobacco and the cigarettes,
0:26:32 > 0:26:33which originally came with it.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37This is one, he obviously wasn't a smoker, so very politically correct.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Nice for the collector to have all the bits and pieces inside. Lot 425.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Some interest from collectors with me and I can start the bidding...
0:26:45 > 0:26:47two bids very close together, in fact,
0:26:47 > 0:26:49I can start the bidding at 50.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52- Fantastic. - That's a real good price, isn't it?
0:26:52 > 0:26:5760 in the room now. At £55 I'm bid. With me at £55.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Against you all, then. At £55. Is there 60 in the room?
0:27:00 > 0:27:04Are you done then? To sell? Against you all, then. At £55.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Yes. That hammer's gone down. That's good.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Do you know, I mean, buying into a piece of social history for £55
0:27:10 > 0:27:14and you get something like that, I think that's really special.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- Thank you very much. - Thank you so much, as well.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26This lot has got a strong continental flavour. It belongs to Richard.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29A small carriage clock that packs a big price.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33We've got £200-300 put on this by our expert, Charles, here.
0:27:33 > 0:27:38- Spot on.- Yes, and we're all hoping for that top end, £300.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42- I could see it creeping over the top, actually.- Yes, so can I.- He said, hopefully.
0:27:42 > 0:27:47Well, this is what it's all about. This is where the excitement is! Pressure building right now.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51We're bigging this up but you never know what's gonna happen,
0:27:51 > 0:27:53so watch this, because it's going under the hammer now.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57And lot 291, which is the pretty little late 19th century
0:27:57 > 0:27:59gilt brass carriage clock.
0:27:59 > 0:28:04- Absolutely stunning. - Very pretty little clock and significant interest with me here.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06- Well, good.- Great.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08The lowest commission bid is £500.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12- What?- 500, 600, 700.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14£750 is what I have with me.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16May I say £800?
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Is there 800 in the room? Any more?
0:28:19 > 0:28:23With me and to be sold, then, happy at £750.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Straight in and straight out. Blink and you'll miss it.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30- £750, Richard.- I can't believe it!
0:28:30 > 0:28:35Well, do you know, it just goes to show how individual that little clock was.
0:28:35 > 0:28:40- There's tears in your eyes, nearly. - I know. I want it back! - THEY LAUGH
0:28:56 > 0:28:58One of my great passions in life is wood.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01I love it in the sort of living, organic form.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04But also in its cut and felled form.
0:29:04 > 0:29:05It's incredibly versatile.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09It's beautiful to look at and also wonderfully tactile.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13Not only is it useful for making practical items like tables and chairs,
0:29:13 > 0:29:16you can also make wonderful sentimental items
0:29:16 > 0:29:21like this love spoon which was made right here, just outside Tenby.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32The tradition of making love spoons is believed to have originated in Wales
0:29:32 > 0:29:35and dates as far back as the 17th century.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38Spoons were given as a token of engagement or betrothal.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40And the tradition has lived on.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51And the man who's keeping the tradition very much alive is Kerry Thomas.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Kerry, thank you very much for meeting up with us today
0:29:54 > 0:29:56and obviously letting me have a go.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58How did you get into this?
0:29:58 > 0:30:03I first heard about the tradition back in 1969 when I was courting.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07I'd heard about the tradition of the love spoon, that it was a token of an engagement.
0:30:07 > 0:30:13And I thought it would be a good idea to make a love spoon to save myself having to buy an engagement ring.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15- Simple as that.- As simple as that.
0:30:15 > 0:30:21So in fact, the first spoon I ever made was this simple one here,
0:30:21 > 0:30:25and once I carved the spoon, offered it to my girlfriend,
0:30:25 > 0:30:29she accepted it, and that became our first engagement spoon. 1969.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Your workshop here, it's just wonderful.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35It's good being surrounded by items of folk art.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37I think it's good for your soul.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39It's a lovely material.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43Wood is such a lovely material to work with and I'm privileged, really,
0:30:43 > 0:30:48to be able to make my living from such a lovely material.
0:30:48 > 0:30:53- You've made hundreds of thousands, which I want to talk to you about a little later on.- OK.
0:30:53 > 0:30:54But can I have a go?
0:30:54 > 0:30:58Can you talk me through it, because I want to make one for my wife,
0:30:58 > 0:31:02so I think this would be a good opportunity to try my skills out.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05- Yes, yes. Let's start. - With your expert advice.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08I really like that kind of love spoon, which...
0:31:08 > 0:31:12It almost reads like a love letter for the intended.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15- Oh, yes, there's a message. - There's a message in there.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18We want to try to get a little bit of a message in your spoon, if we can.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Every spoon is unique.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23The symbols carved on them have specific meanings.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Often the interpretation and the message
0:31:26 > 0:31:28are relevant only to the recipient.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Well, it looks a bit rough.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42I've drawn it straight out on a blank of oak here.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45- I hope you approve of this, Kerry. - Oh, it's excellent.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47I've got nice raised back panel,
0:31:47 > 0:31:49which for me, looks like a piece of furniture.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53There's my hole, I want to hang this on the wall, because I'm very proud of this.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56Well, hopefully I'll be proud of it!
0:31:56 > 0:31:59That's my initial, "P" for Paul, "C" for Charlotte.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02I've used this motif, I'm going to obviously put a hole in there
0:32:02 > 0:32:06and cut this out with a fretsaw.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09Now that's a soul motif that the ancient Egyptians used.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13I've got keys, that's the key to my heart and also the key to my house.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17I've put an escutcheon so hopefully we can live together
0:32:17 > 0:32:21and hopefully she'll fall in love with that and cherish it.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23I'm sure she will, I'm sure she will.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25- It did the trick for you, didn't it?- Yeah.
0:32:42 > 0:32:48There, now this hopefully should look something like it. Ah!
0:32:48 > 0:32:51- I'm happy with that. Are you happy? - Yeah, definitely.- Is that OK?
0:32:51 > 0:32:55- So far so good, almost there. - Humble origins. It's getting there.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58It just needs a bit more love and a couple more stages.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Obviously a smoothing plane on that and lots of sanding.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05You make a spoon every year which is very personal to you.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08It not only records events that are going on in your life
0:33:08 > 0:33:10but also world events.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12- That's correct. - Can you show me some examples?
0:33:12 > 0:33:16Yes. I obviously started with out engagement spoon
0:33:16 > 0:33:19and from there, we went on to our wedding spoon,
0:33:19 > 0:33:21- and from there we go to 1977. - Children.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Various ways to record the birth of a child on a love spoon.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28- With the little balls.- You can have a link, the name, the seed.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31This is very clever because this is made out of one piece of wood.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33How long did that take you to do?
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Guessing about 60 hours, maybe, at the time.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38- That's a lot of work. - Yes, at that time.
0:33:38 > 0:33:431984, this one here records a little bit of what was happening in '84.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Now that's different.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49You have a picture of a sun, a picture of the rain, on a balance.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53Because in 1984, Bob Geldof started BandAid and LiveAid the following year.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57What we were saying is how fortunate we are, in our country to have a balance of sun and rain.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Does this open up?
0:33:59 > 0:34:02The word "Grace" interprets God's riches.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04How do you receive God's riches?
0:34:04 > 0:34:08You simply open your heart.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Isn't that lovely?
0:34:10 > 0:34:13It plays Amazing Grace. You have the dove of peace set inside.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Well, that's so sweet.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20Shall we have a look at some more you've made over there?
0:34:20 > 0:34:21Yes, fine.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25These caught my eye. The keys.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27That's one of my favourites, actually.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30My wife actually designed this one.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33- Did she?- And it goes back to 1986.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37The space shuttle Challenger, unfortunately, exploded,
0:34:37 > 0:34:39so the design is, "What is the key to life?"
0:34:39 > 0:34:42Does the answer lie in space? Is that where the key to life is?
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Is it your hobby?
0:34:44 > 0:34:47Is it money? Is it stardom?
0:34:47 > 0:34:51Being famous. Being on TV.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54Or is it music, being a pop idol, maybe? Is that...
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Is it your family? Children?
0:34:56 > 0:35:00Before we get to the last one, Is it self?
0:35:00 > 0:35:03Is that the key to life, self? Or is it the cross?
0:35:03 > 0:35:05We're fortunate we have the freedom in our country
0:35:05 > 0:35:07to choose the key to life.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09That's what that spoon is all about.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12That's really incredible. A work of art. Do you know what?
0:35:12 > 0:35:16Talking about works of art, I can't wait to finish my little love spoon.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19Have you noticed, I haven't put it down? It's...
0:35:19 > 0:35:20This is really dear to me.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Can we go and finish it off, sand it off,
0:35:22 > 0:35:25put a smoothing plane there and finish the bowl.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Yeah, yeah. That's the next job.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42I've thoroughly enjoyed my visit here with Kerry.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44It's been so inspirational.
0:35:44 > 0:35:49He is a craftsman, keeping a tradition and a spirit well alive here in Wales.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52And if you get a chance to pay him a visit, please do.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55You'll get a one-off spoon made for you.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58And I was lucky enough to make my own with his expert guidance.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01It's my design... it only took three hours.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04It's slightly naive, but there's a lot of heart and soul and integrity
0:36:04 > 0:36:07and that's what it's all about with folk art.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10I absolutely love this and I hope my wife does too.
0:36:20 > 0:36:25Back at the valuation day, Philip's found a couple of fellow dog lovers.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28Steve and Kathy. The Deerhound Club.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30- That's correct.- You're dog mad.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Absolutely.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34- I've got a lurcher.- Have you?
0:36:34 > 0:36:35Mad as a March hare.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38- They're lovely. - How long have you been in deerhounds?
0:36:38 > 0:36:39Been in deerhounds 18 years.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43- 18 years.- And we show them, breed them and I judge.- Really?
0:36:43 > 0:36:45- Yes.- So do you do Crufts, and...
0:36:45 > 0:36:47We do. We got a first at Crufts this year.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50Really? My dog's more scruffs rather than Crufts.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53- They're all wonderful. - Yeah, how many have you got?- Four.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Four. There is a nice link here, isn't there?
0:36:56 > 0:37:00Because we've been talking about dogs and we've got Rover. You like that?
0:37:00 > 0:37:04- It's lovely.- Just seamlessly, you moved to it, seamlessly.
0:37:04 > 0:37:09This is a car mascot that I think came off a Rover motor car,
0:37:09 > 0:37:14but if you look there we can just see, this is the radiator cap.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16And so that would have just screwed on
0:37:16 > 0:37:20to the front of our radiator... a bit like a car that Siegfried Farnon has
0:37:20 > 0:37:23on All Creatures Great and Small. Did he have a Rover?
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- Yes, I believe so.- I think so.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30- And it's all elegance of an age gone by, isn't it?- Yes.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33It's a load different from the plastic badges we get now, isn't it?
0:37:33 > 0:37:37- Is this something you picked up at a car boot, or...? - No, through the family.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39It was my grandfather's,
0:37:39 > 0:37:42and I believe it had been his father's before that.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46As I understand it, between the two wars and we had the car as well,
0:37:46 > 0:37:50- when the Rover was a prestigious car.- You're absolutely right, yes.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53And they kept the radiator cap when the car went.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56This has come down the family since 1920-something.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59- Yes, I believe so. - Now you want to sell it.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01- We do.- Why?
0:38:01 > 0:38:03We're not collectors of car memorabilia.
0:38:03 > 0:38:08We don't really display it and I believe someone that does have an interest in automobiles
0:38:08 > 0:38:11would have a great deal of joy out of it.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- That's a real good reason for selling something.- I think they would.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18A real good reason. You're passing this on so someone else can enjoy it.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22- Can appreciate it, yes.- You haven't asked what it's worth yet.- Not yet.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26It's not worth a fortune. It's probably going to make, at auction,
0:38:26 > 0:38:28in the order of £30 to £50.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31I think you need to put a £20 reserve on it that's fixed.
0:38:31 > 0:38:36And people... there are avid collectors of car mascots,
0:38:36 > 0:38:38indeed some of them can make thousands,
0:38:38 > 0:38:40or tens of thousands of pounds.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Good luck with the dogs. What's the... Do you have a kennel name?
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- Gazeawhile.- Gazeawhile.- Yes.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Your dogs are Gazeawhile something.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52That's correct. Gazeawhile Lyric is the name of one of our dogs
0:38:52 > 0:38:54and Gazeawhile Song is another name.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58- Where does that come from? - "Gaze awhile" is from the Fields of Gold song by Sting.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01- Oh, right.- And gaze also because they're gazehounds.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04They're sight hounds, so all linked together.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06I'm going to put in a special request now.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10- Yes.- A real special request. You're going to sell this for £20 or £30.
0:39:10 > 0:39:11- Yes.- Hopefully.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15Let's put this towards a collar or something for your new puppy,
0:39:15 > 0:39:17and let's call it Gazeawhile Flog It.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21So everybody at home, when they watch Crufts in, what, three years' time?
0:39:21 > 0:39:24- Indeed.- They can see Gazeawhile Flog It as supreme champion.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26That would be good, wouldn't it?
0:39:26 > 0:39:27Agreed. It's a done deal.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Thank you.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43Before we talk about the plates, I have to tell you that my director
0:39:43 > 0:39:47thinks that you remind her of Robert De Niro.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49- Jolly good. - That's a good start, isn't it?
0:39:49 > 0:39:52It's a good start if I had his bank balance.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Perhaps that's why your wife married you.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Not for the bank balance, so she tells me.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Right. What can you tell me about these plates?
0:40:03 > 0:40:08I only know that I bought them about 40, say 40 some odd years ago.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11- Did you?- In an auction. - And what took your eye?
0:40:11 > 0:40:13- I thought they were marvellous.- Yeah.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16- My wife is not that keen. - She's not that keen?- No.
0:40:16 > 0:40:17But she'll have the money.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Most of it.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24- Twas ever thus, Gerald, twas ever thus.- Yes.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28What struck me, and before we turn them over,
0:40:28 > 0:40:30I sure you know who they're by.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Yes, yes, they're Worcester.
0:40:32 > 0:40:33Yes, they're Royal Worcester.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36They're a bit of an anathema.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40They are hand decorated, very well hand decorated.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44- Very clever.- Yes.- Whoever had a brush there, did a marvellous job.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46- The brush strokes are tremendous. - Lovely.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49They are. Aesthetic movement, typically Worcester,
0:40:49 > 0:40:53bold brush strokes onto a bit Japanesey background,
0:40:53 > 0:40:55sort of peony background.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59I personally don't think that they particularly go well together
0:40:59 > 0:41:02and I think that's going to affect them commercially.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04- Yes.- We'll turn one over.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07- You can't get better marks.- No.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10- They are as crisp as you like. - It's very clear, isn't it? Yes.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14Absolutely crisp Worcester mark and the kite mark which will date them.
0:41:14 > 0:41:19They're certainly pre-1882, so they're 120, 130 years old.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Yes.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25- And what about value?- I don't know. I'm going to leave that to you.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27I'll tell you what I think they should be worth,
0:41:27 > 0:41:31which will be be rather different to their commercial value.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34You'd think any hand-painted Worcester plate must be worth
0:41:34 > 0:41:37- £20 or £30, wouldn't you?- Yes.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41Which would put the six of them at £120-£180.
0:41:41 > 0:41:46I don't think they're worth anything like that. Sadly, they're just not very commercial.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50I'd like to put £100-150 on them.
0:41:50 > 0:41:55Perhaps the old Flog It! adage of £80-120 would be better.
0:41:55 > 0:42:00If you start reserving them with much more than £60 or £70, we could have a struggle on our hands.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03I would have like to sort of thought about something like £70.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06Tell you what, we'll settle at £70.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09- £70.- Sold to the man in the corner. - Sold, right.- Right.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12You might well find two people really like them.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16I think the different styles possibly will put people off.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19I can't wait to be proved wrong. Thank you for bringing them in.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31So we have got Lisa and Selina. How are you?
0:42:31 > 0:42:34- OK.- Good. Come far?
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Yeah, about an hour and a half.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40Do you often take you mother out with you, or not very often?
0:42:40 > 0:42:42- Yeah.- When she's well behaved.- Yeah.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44- What time do you have to get home? Early?- Any time.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Yes, we have to look after her.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49- Difficult thing with elderly parents, isn't it?- Yeah.- I know.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52I know just how you feel. Who's is this?
0:42:52 > 0:42:54- Is this yours or mother's?- Mother's.
0:42:54 > 0:42:58- Mother's.- It is. Yeah. - Lisa, this is just absolutely lovely.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00- I've always liked it. - Do you know what it is?
0:43:00 > 0:43:03No, I'm afraid there's not much history on it at all.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06- Where does it come from? - From my grandfather.
0:43:06 > 0:43:12It was left to him in a will from a lady that he used to board with before and during the war.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15He looked after her a bit as well and always admired the picture.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19This is what my mother told me. When she died, she left it to him in her will.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21This is a painting.
0:43:21 > 0:43:25- I think so, yes.- It is and it isn't.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28- Right.- Right, because it's a porcelain plaque.
0:43:28 > 0:43:34- Right.- The best porcelain plaque manufacturer is KPM,
0:43:34 > 0:43:38which is something like Konigliche Porzellan, whatever.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42- Yes, right.- But it's the king's porcelain manufacturer in Berlin.
0:43:42 > 0:43:43OK? So let's move it over then.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45So now,
0:43:45 > 0:43:52we have here this really wonderful 19th century painting on a porcelain panel,
0:43:52 > 0:43:55and it's of a sort of young girl looking quite wistful
0:43:55 > 0:43:58with this landscape beyond and it's...
0:43:58 > 0:44:02The detail is glorious. You can just see a little ring on her finger here.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05- Her eyes are stunning. - Yes. That's always drawn me to it.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07- Almost like she's looking at you. - Yes.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10This sort of veil here is wonderful.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12The mark that we're looking for,
0:44:12 > 0:44:15and I know is there, because I looked earlier, is KPM.
0:44:15 > 0:44:19- That's the sceptre mark, you can see in the porcelain.- Right.
0:44:19 > 0:44:22And that is the best.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25We're going to turn to you now, Selina. Do you like it?
0:44:25 > 0:44:28- It's very pretty, isn't it? - If she was yours, would you sell her?
0:44:28 > 0:44:30- Yes.- You would?
0:44:30 > 0:44:33- All about money, yes? If she made lots of money, you'd sell her.- Yes.
0:44:33 > 0:44:35Good stuff. Good on you, girl.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37What's your view, Mum. Is yours the same?
0:44:37 > 0:44:41Well, I'm torn really. You know, because it is a family heirloom.
0:44:41 > 0:44:44I remember this at my grandfather's house when I was a child, so...
0:44:44 > 0:44:47And I know he always liked it and cherished it, but...
0:44:47 > 0:44:50- Have you had it valued? - No, not at all before.
0:44:50 > 0:44:54I've always thought about it, and never done anything until...
0:44:54 > 0:44:57If this were to make £100 to £200 at auction, that would be good.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00I wouldn't sell it for that. I'd rather keep it,
0:45:00 > 0:45:02because it's more sentimental value.
0:45:02 > 0:45:07- What about sort of £300-£500. Is that sort of...?- No, no.
0:45:07 > 0:45:09So £600-£900, is that getting closer to it?
0:45:09 > 0:45:12- No, I'd still keep it for that. - You're absolutely right.
0:45:12 > 0:45:17You're absolutely right. I think at auction that you could estimate it
0:45:17 > 0:45:19at probably £1,200-£1,800.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21Yes, I think it's worth that because she's so nice.
0:45:21 > 0:45:26I have to tell you that if she went and made 2,500 or £3,000,
0:45:26 > 0:45:28it wouldn't overly surprise me.
0:45:28 > 0:45:34So what I want to know is, if this makes £2,000,
0:45:34 > 0:45:37Selina, what are you going to spend the money on?
0:45:37 > 0:45:38A horse.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40A horse. Is that a definite horse?
0:45:40 > 0:45:45Or a maid or a day out shopping in New York.
0:45:45 > 0:45:47A day out shopping in New York?
0:45:47 > 0:45:50- Yeah, so you don't want much, really, do you(?)- No.
0:45:50 > 0:45:54If it goes really well, you could have a maid and a horse and a day out shopping.
0:45:54 > 0:45:56Let's keep our fingers crossed.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04Carol, I spotted this across the room.
0:46:04 > 0:46:08You were sitting there holding this and I almost ran over to see you
0:46:08 > 0:46:12because I got so excited about it. I think it's a splendid object,
0:46:12 > 0:46:14- rather wacky and wonderful. - Strange looking.
0:46:14 > 0:46:17- How did you come by it? - Well, my mum bought it.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20- It must have been a jumble sale, or some kind of sale.- Yeah.
0:46:20 > 0:46:23And then, when she passed away, my son had it...
0:46:23 > 0:46:27but he's a bit of a coward, so...
0:46:27 > 0:46:29- he sent mother today. - Did he come with you?
0:46:29 > 0:46:32- He's outside, I think. - But he wants to sell it?
0:46:32 > 0:46:35- Yes.- Do you know anything about it other than what you see?
0:46:35 > 0:46:38No, nothing at all. We didn't even know what it was used for,
0:46:38 > 0:46:40- or anything.- No.
0:46:40 > 0:46:42It's a French word. It's an epergne.
0:46:42 > 0:46:48French word for a central table display. Normally, they're glass.
0:46:48 > 0:46:53You see trumpet shaped vases,
0:46:53 > 0:46:57in a holder and they're quite often cranberry glass, Vaseline glass.
0:46:57 > 0:47:01This - I have never seen a combination of
0:47:01 > 0:47:02death and flowers!
0:47:02 > 0:47:05This is, after all, a fighter plane,
0:47:05 > 0:47:09from obviously the First World War and it's even got some working parts.
0:47:09 > 0:47:14- That goes round. And the rudder works, as well.- Yeah.
0:47:14 > 0:47:18And it's dated 1919, so we know when it was made.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20- Yeah.- Right at the end of the war.
0:47:20 > 0:47:24The vases come out
0:47:24 > 0:47:28and you see it's got that sort of yellowy look, brass look...
0:47:28 > 0:47:31- I think, originally, it was silver plated.- It's been well brassoed.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34It's been well cleaned to such an extent
0:47:34 > 0:47:37that there is no silver plate left on that, whatsoever.
0:47:37 > 0:47:40But I think it's beautifully modelled
0:47:40 > 0:47:45and I think it would be hugely collectable for the right person.
0:47:45 > 0:47:48- Why does he want to sell it? - It's just stuck in the cupboard.
0:47:48 > 0:47:51It's no good in the cupboard. He doesn't like it, presumably.
0:47:51 > 0:47:52My mum had it out when she had it.
0:47:52 > 0:47:55- You've no idea what it might be worth.- Nothing at all.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58But, on the other hand, if I told you it was worth £3,
0:47:58 > 0:48:00- you probably wouldn't want to sell it.- No.
0:48:00 > 0:48:03Did he say, "Mum, I'll sell this provided it makes so much?"
0:48:03 > 0:48:05- Yes. Yes.- Did he?
0:48:05 > 0:48:07- Yeah.- And what did he say?
0:48:07 > 0:48:12- Well, will it be worth us going to the auction?- Which is what?
0:48:12 > 0:48:14- 30, we'd say it would cost. - 30?- Yeah.
0:48:14 > 0:48:17I think it's worth £200 or £300.
0:48:17 > 0:48:20Oh, I think he'd sell it for that. Definitely.
0:48:20 > 0:48:23- I think we ought to put a reserve on it.- Right.
0:48:23 > 0:48:28If we say £200 to 300 and put a fixed reserve of £100 on it,
0:48:28 > 0:48:32so the auctioneer mustn't sell it, under any circumstances, below that.
0:48:32 > 0:48:35- Right.- And hopefully I'm proved right and it is worth £200 to 300.
0:48:35 > 0:48:38- Right. That's fine.- Do you think that's fair enough?- Yeah.
0:48:38 > 0:48:42I think a collector's going to have to have this.
0:48:42 > 0:48:44- I have never seen anything like it before.- I haven't.
0:48:45 > 0:48:47It's now time to head off to the auction,
0:48:47 > 0:48:52so let's hope the beautiful plaque sells at the top end of its estimate
0:48:52 > 0:48:56so Selina can get her horse, a maid and a shopping trip to New York.
0:48:57 > 0:49:02The silver biplane epergne is yet another reminder of a bygone era.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04Hopefully, the overzealous cleaning
0:49:04 > 0:49:06won't have rubbed off too much of its value.
0:49:07 > 0:49:10Kathy and Steve unfortunately don't have the car, just the mascot.
0:49:10 > 0:49:14I wonder if the two will ever meet again once it goes under the hammer.
0:49:14 > 0:49:18Finally, Gerald's plates aren't the typical Worcester we usually see,
0:49:18 > 0:49:21so I hope there's a market out there for these.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26Back to the auction, but before we get selling again,
0:49:26 > 0:49:31I'll have a quick chat with auctioneer, Nigel Hodson, about Lisa's porcelain plaque.
0:49:31 > 0:49:35Now this is real quality, I think.
0:49:35 > 0:49:39- That's what you expect from a Berlin plaque.- Yeah.- Stunning.
0:49:39 > 0:49:44It's got everything about it and I think the price is spot on, £1,200-1,800.
0:49:44 > 0:49:49It is a very beautiful thing, and these are always exquisitely painted
0:49:49 > 0:49:53and the expression on this young woman's face is just something to behold.
0:49:53 > 0:49:56- Angelic.- Stunning. Angelic is a great word.
0:49:56 > 0:50:00Could it break through the £2,000 barrier?
0:50:00 > 0:50:02It's got to be thereabouts. £1,200 to 1,800.
0:50:02 > 0:50:05It's certainly worth more than £1,000, let's see what happens.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08Is it the sort of thing you'd love to have on your wall?
0:50:08 > 0:50:12I think it is, but I don't think I can afford it, to be honest!
0:50:21 > 0:50:24Carol, we've got this gorgeous little epergne of yours and
0:50:24 > 0:50:28I totally agree with Charlie on the valuation of £200 to £300, you know.
0:50:28 > 0:50:32I think it's a hugely collectable item, in the right hands.
0:50:32 > 0:50:35Whether the right people will be here today... fingers crossed.
0:50:35 > 0:50:38That's what auctions are about.
0:50:38 > 0:50:41- They are a bit scary, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:50:41 > 0:50:44It's time to batten down the hatches and weather the storm here.
0:50:44 > 0:50:48We're going to put this under the hammer now.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50I think this is great and if it doesn't sell,
0:50:50 > 0:50:54it's the wrong auction, the wrong day. There's another auction, OK?
0:50:54 > 0:50:58- This is it.- A very unusual epergne which is a first for me.
0:50:58 > 0:51:01I've never seen an epergne modelled as a biplane.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03This is such fun.
0:51:03 > 0:51:06First World War biplane with trumpets coming out the fuselage.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08- How mad is that? - What do I say for it?
0:51:08 > 0:51:10In your hands, it's an unusual thing.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13Never seen the like. What's it worth? £200 away to put me in.
0:51:13 > 0:51:16- 200 to put me in. - He's got no bids on the book.
0:51:16 > 0:51:18100 to start me. For the epergne.
0:51:18 > 0:51:21- 100 to start me.- Oh, come on.
0:51:21 > 0:51:2550 for it. 50, the lady in the corner. At 50.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27Can't believe this.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30At 60 here. 60. 70. 80.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33At 80. 90. At 90. The lady in the corner at £90.
0:51:33 > 0:51:35Oh, have we got a discretion on this?
0:51:35 > 0:51:38Do I see 100 now? In your hands at £90.
0:51:38 > 0:51:40A lady's bid in the room. All done.
0:51:40 > 0:51:43In the corner then, at £90 only.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46- He has.- We sold it at £90.
0:51:46 > 0:51:48100 reserve on it.
0:51:48 > 0:51:51He used a bit of discretion.
0:51:51 > 0:51:54I think that's not enough.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57- It wasn't exactly chocks away, was it?- No. It wasn't exactly.
0:51:57 > 0:51:59- It didn't fly, did it?- No.
0:51:59 > 0:52:03No. Do you know, for me, it just put a smile on your face
0:52:03 > 0:52:06and they're the kind of things you should invest in.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09It reminds me of The Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machine,
0:52:09 > 0:52:13that wonderful wacky movie. It's gone. OK. It's gone. We've got £90.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21Well, you know what they say, if you want to travel in style, get yourself a car mascot.
0:52:21 > 0:52:27We've got one right here, right now, up for sale, belonging to Kathy and Steve. I love it. I love it.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30It's a Viking, it belongs at the head of the car, as a radiator cap.
0:52:30 > 0:52:32There you go, you know, so individual,
0:52:32 > 0:52:35and this had been on the family car for a long time, hasn't it?
0:52:35 > 0:52:37It was my great grandfather's.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39Why are you selling this?
0:52:39 > 0:52:42We don't collect, it's something we don't display.
0:52:42 > 0:52:46We're hoping someone who appreciates motoring memorabilia would enjoy it.
0:52:46 > 0:52:50Yeah, I'm pretty sure they will enjoy it, because they are quite rare.
0:52:50 > 0:52:53Let's hope we get the top end anyway. This is it, going under the hammer!
0:52:53 > 0:52:57Lot 452 is the Rover car radiator mascot,
0:52:57 > 0:53:00the form of a bearded Viking warrior, as you'd expect.
0:53:00 > 0:53:04There we are, what do you say for that? In your hands entirely.
0:53:04 > 0:53:07Little bit of interest. What can I start at?
0:53:07 > 0:53:09£50 away on that? For the car radiator mascot.
0:53:09 > 0:53:1150, 30...
0:53:12 > 0:53:1530, 40 at the back.
0:53:15 > 0:53:1940, 50, at 50, 60, at 60.
0:53:19 > 0:53:23- Very good.- 65 is with me, in fact. At 65, 70 at the back of the room.
0:53:23 > 0:53:27At 70 now, at 70 at the back of the room. In the room at £70. All done?
0:53:27 > 0:53:30- £70.- Good.
0:53:32 > 0:53:35- 70 quid. Fabulous!- Wonderful.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37Fantastic. Thank you very much.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46Six Worcester plates up for grabs.
0:53:46 > 0:53:50They belong to Gerald, with a valuation of £80-120
0:53:50 > 0:53:52according to our expert, Charlie here.
0:53:52 > 0:53:56The classic cliche. Well, good luck, both of you.
0:53:56 > 0:53:58They're going under the hammer right now. This is it.
0:53:58 > 0:54:04Lot 593 is a set of six Royal Worcester porcelain tea plates.
0:54:04 > 0:54:06Hand painted with autumn leaves.
0:54:06 > 0:54:08What do you say there? About £100 away.
0:54:08 > 0:54:10I would have thought so.
0:54:10 > 0:54:1250's all I'm bid.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15At 50, 60 do you want now? At 50 only. At 50 only.
0:54:15 > 0:54:1960 may I say? At 50 on the Worcester tea plates there at 50 only.
0:54:19 > 0:54:21- We're not getting any action.- At 50.
0:54:21 > 0:54:23At 50 only. No interest further?
0:54:23 > 0:54:25Not to be sold, I'm afraid.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27So sorry. We gave it our best shot.
0:54:27 > 0:54:29It just wasn't really your day.
0:54:29 > 0:54:33- Never mind.- In another sale room on another day, I'm sure they'll reach their price.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36The buyers weren't here today, it's as simple as that.
0:54:36 > 0:54:38You win some, you lose some.
0:54:45 > 0:54:48Well, it's got the impressed marks of KPM, which means quality.
0:54:48 > 0:54:54We've all seen this at the valuation day, that Berlin plaque belonging to Lisa and Selina here.
0:54:54 > 0:54:56I must say you both look fantastic.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58Lovely pinks going on here.
0:54:58 > 0:54:59It's all colour-coordinated.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01That little plaque was so beautiful.
0:55:01 > 0:55:04We've seen them on the show before.
0:55:04 > 0:55:05Philip's seen them as well,
0:55:05 > 0:55:11but not with such an angelic face as this woman's, captured so perfectly.
0:55:11 > 0:55:13- They are normally older ladies and older men.- Yes.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16Older men and older ladies ain't quite so commercial.
0:55:16 > 0:55:18Not so good to look at, are they?
0:55:18 > 0:55:20Full of character, but not so good.
0:55:20 > 0:55:24Yeah. You liked this so much you actually put the reserve up.
0:55:24 > 0:55:26We had a fixed reserve at 1,200.
0:55:26 > 0:55:30It's now been put up to £1,400. Yes. I don't blame you.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33Had a chat to the auctioneer just before the sale started.
0:55:33 > 0:55:37- We all think it's going to sell for around £1,800-£2,000.- Hopefully.
0:55:37 > 0:55:41I mean, a lovely fairy tale ending would be sort of plus 2,000.
0:55:41 > 0:55:44We'd all like that, wouldn't we?
0:55:44 > 0:55:46Yes, what would the money go towards, eh?
0:55:46 > 0:55:48- A horse.- A horse!
0:55:48 > 0:55:52And you wanted to do something as well, didn't you?
0:55:52 > 0:55:54Go shopping to New York.
0:55:54 > 0:55:56Oh, wow. Oh gosh, what a thing to do at your age,
0:55:56 > 0:55:59it would be absolutely wonderful if you could do that.
0:55:59 > 0:56:02I seem to remember there was a maid involved somewhere.
0:56:02 > 0:56:03Yeah, what's the maid?
0:56:03 > 0:56:05A maid round the house.
0:56:05 > 0:56:09A maid for around the house. Get the horse. Get the horse.
0:56:09 > 0:56:12The horse will love you and you'll love the horse and you'll grow with it,
0:56:12 > 0:56:15especially if it's a little pony to start with.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17- Yeah.- You could love the maid.
0:56:17 > 0:56:18No, no, no! Don't go that way!
0:56:20 > 0:56:27Lot 566 is the very beautiful 19th century KPM porcelain plaque.
0:56:27 > 0:56:29What may I say for that to start me?
0:56:29 > 0:56:31What do we say, about £1,500 to start me?
0:56:31 > 0:56:34£1,500 to put me in? £1,000 somewhere then.
0:56:34 > 0:56:38To get on, £500 at the back, at £500, the lady's bid.
0:56:38 > 0:56:43At 500, may I say 600 now? At £500, £600, £700,
0:56:43 > 0:56:46£800, £900, £1,000.
0:56:46 > 0:56:521,100 the lady, 1,200 all in the room. 1,300, 1,400.
0:56:52 > 0:56:541,400 the gentleman's bid.
0:56:54 > 0:56:57- It's sold, isn't it?- 1,400, 1,500.
0:56:57 > 0:57:001,500 may I say? 1,500 with Mervyn.
0:57:00 > 0:57:021,600 at the back.
0:57:02 > 0:57:051,700 you want now. 1,700 with Mervyn.
0:57:05 > 0:57:101,800 in the room. £1,800, 1,900.
0:57:10 > 0:57:12Oh, Selina, oh yes!
0:57:12 > 0:57:162,100 now? 2,100 with Mervyn.
0:57:16 > 0:57:18I think we'll have the maid and the horse!
0:57:18 > 0:57:242,300, 2,400, 2,500?
0:57:24 > 0:57:282,500, 2,600 in the room.
0:57:28 > 0:57:302,700 on the phone? 2,700.
0:57:30 > 0:57:332,800. Still there in the room.
0:57:33 > 0:57:37- This is great. This is great. They absolutely love it.- 2,900.
0:57:37 > 0:57:403,000 bid. 3,100?
0:57:40 > 0:57:42At £3,000 in the room.
0:57:42 > 0:57:45Against you, Mervyn, at £3,000.
0:57:45 > 0:57:46You can buy a thoroughbred now.
0:57:46 > 0:57:50Last call against you. Selling at £3,000 then.
0:57:50 > 0:57:53Bang! That hammer has gone down!
0:57:53 > 0:57:55£3,000!
0:57:55 > 0:57:57Philip, that was real quality.
0:57:57 > 0:58:00What a wonderful moment. We've got tears.
0:58:00 > 0:58:02Because it was my grandfather's.
0:58:02 > 0:58:04Oh, dear, I thought I was going to take it home.
0:58:04 > 0:58:06We're selling your inheritance.
0:58:06 > 0:58:09Putting your money towards a horse, a shopping trip in New York
0:58:09 > 0:58:13and possibly, well, a maid, maybe, for the odd weekend.
0:58:13 > 0:58:16- Sorry, sorry. - What a wonderful moment.
0:58:16 > 0:58:18Congratulations to both of you.
0:58:18 > 0:58:22We've all enjoyed watching that being sold under the hammer.
0:58:22 > 0:58:24We've loved talking about it, it's real quality.
0:58:24 > 0:58:27Selina gets a horse, we've all had a great day.
0:58:27 > 0:58:28Wonderful surprises on Flog It!.
0:58:28 > 0:58:30Join us for many more to come.
0:58:30 > 0:58:33So until the next time, cheerio.
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