0:00:02 > 0:00:07It's full steam ahead, as Flog It!" has pulled into Swindon for today's valuations.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43Our venue today is called Steam, and it's a museum that's totally dedicated
0:00:43 > 0:00:48to the Great Western Railway, and in fact the building that we're actually filming in
0:00:48 > 0:00:51is part of the former Swindon Railway Works.
0:00:51 > 0:00:57And it was right here, in 1960, that the last British mainline steam locomotive was built.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59And she was called Evening Star.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Cameras, yes, check.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Lights, all around us, on.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Experts David Barby and Will Axon.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12But clearly there's something missing.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Where are all the people?
0:01:15 > 0:01:21- PA: - 'The train now arriving at platform six is the 9.30 "Flog It!" Express.'
0:01:21 > 0:01:23I think they've arrived!
0:01:23 > 0:01:28And now the hall is full of day-trippers, we can get started with the valuations!
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Making a fast track to the table is Will Axon.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Dawn, this is a really good old-fashioned toy.
0:01:38 > 0:01:44In the days today where people are complaining about the "yoof" sitting on the sofas,
0:01:44 > 0:01:47in front of the TV, in front of the computer console...
0:01:47 > 0:01:50- This is when toys were toys, isn't it?- Exactly.
0:01:50 > 0:01:51Now, how did you come by this?
0:01:51 > 0:01:56Um, I was either nine or ten, and it was a Christmas present from my parents.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01Very nice. So they obviously thought that you'd enjoy this sort of...
0:02:01 > 0:02:04It's perhaps a bit of a boy's toy, perhaps, don't you think?
0:02:04 > 0:02:10I think it is more, but I played with it for so many hours, building my dream home.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14- You enjoyed playing with it obviously.- Absolutely. I loved it.
0:02:14 > 0:02:20We can see from the box, one of the first things that strikes you with toys is condition.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24- Yes.- I mean, we've got the box here, which is a little bit tattered.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26It's a little bit frayed.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29There's a bit of Sellotape that's kept the label on, and so on.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- But you've played with it.- Yep.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35It's been well loved and well used, and that's what these things were made for.
0:02:35 > 0:02:41- Yes.- When it comes to value, that is a factor we have to take into consideration.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Now, we've got it here laid out on the table.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Bayko, it's not a firm that I've heard of, actually.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51We're used to seeing a lot of Meccano on "Flog It!",
0:02:51 > 0:02:56which was the market leader in this sort of construction toy.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00But Bayko... Made out of plastic.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02You've got all the pieces here.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Now it comes down to value.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06You got any idea? What do you think?
0:03:06 > 0:03:10I have no idea, honestly. Nobody has ever heard of it, so I don't know.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15It's a little bit, from my point of view, an unknown quantity.
0:03:15 > 0:03:21My suggestion to you would be to put it in the sale and just let it make what it makes. Happy with that?
0:03:21 > 0:03:26- Yes, because I do want to sell it. - Once you've decided to sell something, the best thing
0:03:26 > 0:03:29is to just let the market decide what the value is.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31It might be £20 or £30.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36So I think if you're happy to go with that "let it make what it makes" approach,
0:03:36 > 0:03:39we're definitely going to get it away for you.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43OK, then. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you.
0:03:51 > 0:03:58Mervyn, I find this particular book absolutely fascinating.
0:03:58 > 0:04:04- Where did it come from?- Well, originally it belonged to my uncle.
0:04:04 > 0:04:10And he recently passed away, and I had the job of clearing his house out, and I came across it.
0:04:10 > 0:04:16I thought it would probably be of some value or some interest to somebody.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21- But you can't tell me who they are. - No, I'm afraid not.- That's not very good, Mervyn!- No.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25Well, first of all, the album itself, without the photographs,
0:04:25 > 0:04:32is interesting, because all of these designs are by an artist called Caton Woodville.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35And he did these military subjects and hunting subjects,
0:04:35 > 0:04:41illustrations people would put on the wall in frames, and also postcards.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43So he was quite a well-known artist.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47But one of the fascinating things is for albums, they often used
0:04:47 > 0:04:52- the colour illustrations with apertures to put photographs.- Yes.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57Now, the emphasis on this album is military. Military and naval.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01- Naval, yes.- So, did your family have any connections with the military or navy?
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Well, I suppose all the family, at some time,
0:05:05 > 0:05:09was in the military sort of thing. Army etc.
0:05:09 > 0:05:16Right. Now, looking at the photographs, they're all of a very affluent society.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19And we're looking at the latter part of the Victorian period.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Crimean War period, particularly the army uniforms here.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28So, is your background from a sort of wealthy background, upper-middle class?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30- Probably middle class.- Middle class.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Well, this strikes a chord with these.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Because if we look at the portraits,
0:05:35 > 0:05:40they're all of very well-to-do people of the late Victorian period.
0:05:40 > 0:05:48Beautifully dressed. And this is one of the reasons why people buy these albums because of the costume detail.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53And if we look at this one here, this one looks to be a captain.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55- Aren't you fascinated by this? - Yeah, I am really.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00I love looking at these photographs because it's looking at other people's lives.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- That's right.- And the society.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05When we look at... This one is absolutely intriguing.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Can you see what it is? It's a plantation.
0:06:09 > 0:06:16We've got maybe the owners of the plantation with all the workforce all the way round. That's intriguing.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20And that alone will be a valuable photograph on its own.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- You want to sell this?- Yes.
0:06:22 > 0:06:27We've got to project a price that's going to be appealing for people to buy it.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32And I would have thought round about 100 to 120, that sort of price range.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35But I'm going to suggest we put the reserve at 80.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39- I see, yeah. - Would that be agreeable?- Yes, certainly. Yep.- No qualms?- No.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43Let's hope we get a high price for you and you can do what you want with the money.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- Thank you very much for coming along. - Right. Thank you very much.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56Eleanor, this has certainly brightened up the afternoon for me.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00This wonderful hand-embroidered silk shawl or throw.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05Is it something that you've inherited or is it something you bought along the way?
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- I bought it at a jumble sale. - At a jumble sale.- Yes.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11There seemed to be some very good jumble sales in this area.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14What sort of money did you have to part with?
0:07:14 > 0:07:18It would have been pennies rather than shillings.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21It was that sort of stage, where everything goes for 5p or 10p.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26- Towards the end, when no-one wants to take anything home.- Yeah. - What to say about it?
0:07:26 > 0:07:28I mean, obviously it's silk.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32You can feel the fineness of the material and the coloured
0:07:32 > 0:07:37silk threads, and beautiful floral sprays here with these exotic birds.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42And then you've got this lovely lattice-worked border, with the tassels.
0:07:42 > 0:07:48It's probably going to date from, I'd guess, around late 19th early 20th century.
0:07:48 > 0:07:55You wouldn't wear it nowadays, but the shawls themselves came into fashion in the late 18th century,
0:07:55 > 0:08:01when the fashion for dresses in northern Europe were shift dresses, which would have had exposed
0:08:01 > 0:08:06shoulders, and that's why without a shawl to wrap around your shoulders,
0:08:06 > 0:08:11it would have been impossible to wear them in our climate. That's where the shawl originated.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15Have you worn it yourself, or is it on display at home?
0:08:15 > 0:08:17I've never worn it, and it's never been used for display.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22I bought it for the children to use to put into their dressing up box.
0:08:22 > 0:08:27- Has it got good use from them? - Absolutely. Four children have had to wear it on many occasions.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30None of them liked it, but it's been very useful.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- And it's a decent size, as well. - That's right.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38And it's got some weight to it, when you pick it up because of the density of this lattice border.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42What sort of figure... You said you paid for it would be pence - is that right?
0:08:42 > 0:08:47- Yes.- So we're not in any danger of you having to perhaps make a loss on this?
0:08:47 > 0:08:50I think whatever happens, you're going to be winning,
0:08:50 > 0:08:55- and I'd suggest an estimate of perhaps around £60 to £80.- Good. - Happy with that?- Yeah.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- You're not afraid to have it back if it doesn't sell?- No.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00So we'll put £60 on it as a reserve.
0:09:00 > 0:09:06If it doesn't sell at £60, perhaps put it in the toy box, waiting for the grandchildren to arrive.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- Yes.- So, £60 to £80. £60 reserve.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11And we'll get it away for you on the day. Fingers crossed.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14That's good. Excellent. Thank you.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- Peter.- Yes, David.
0:09:23 > 0:09:29I could imagine your bedroom, or maybe the attic, all set out with a railway track.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33Well, years ago, my father, his collection was...
0:09:33 > 0:09:36The attic in our bungalow was one mass railway track.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38You go out from the hallway,
0:09:38 > 0:09:43there is this massive wood and above it would be track and then trains.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47You heard your father playing with these trains
0:09:47 > 0:09:50and you heard this hum of electric current as it was going round.
0:09:50 > 0:09:56You could hear it downstairs. You could tell a train was going. You couldn't see it but just the noise.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58So, why are you parting with these?
0:09:58 > 0:10:02My father died about 10 years ago,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05and I don't really have much interest in the trains.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09They were passed on to me and my brother and I saw "Flog It!"
0:10:09 > 0:10:15recently advertised in local papers and thought, come and see if I could sell any of them.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18So, they don't have any sort of sentimental attachment.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22- They're not as though you had them when you were a child. - They were my father's.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25It was more, you can look but don't touch.
0:10:25 > 0:10:31Right! What I find with this particular group is that they're all in such good condition.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36And, they've been maintained, on the whole in their original boxes.
0:10:36 > 0:10:42Which is so important when you're selling toys - probably that's the wrong word to use - toys.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44It's more of an adult toy.
0:10:44 > 0:10:49I do like these trains - particularly the Mallard here.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Yes. Everybody's heard of the Mallard.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54And that wonderful, streamlined front.
0:10:54 > 0:11:00I think it's still got the record for the highest speed in the world for a steam train.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04This is perfectly correct. And then you have the Nigel Cresley here.
0:11:04 > 0:11:09- What's the one right at the very front?- That is the Duchess of Montrose.- Absolutely superb!
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- And then you have standard locos. - Yes.- How many trains have you got?
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- I think I've got about eight here. - You're wanting to sell these.- Yes.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21When it comes to the actual value, I think they're quite speculative.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25I only hope that we get the collectors in that room.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30If we do, the price can be something in the region of £400 to £500, if not more.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- We shall do our very best for you. - Hopefully, it will be nice.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37I will keep some. I'm not going to get rid of all of them.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41I'll keep one or two with the tracks saying, "That's what my father had."
0:11:41 > 0:11:45- All these on the table now are to be sold. - I'm quite happy for all these to go.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49- Peter, thank you very much for coming along.- OK. Thank you.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53I think Dawn's Bayko construction kit
0:11:53 > 0:11:55is just the thing for a budding young architect -
0:11:55 > 0:11:58hours of building fun. What a lovely lot this is!
0:11:58 > 0:12:01There really are some intriguing photos in the collection
0:12:01 > 0:12:04but not anyone that Mervyn recognises.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05So, it's time to let them go.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09Is this the end of the dressing up for Eleanor and her kids?
0:12:09 > 0:12:11That pretty shawl goes under the hammer.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16If Peter's trains sell well, I hope he's going to be chuffed to bits.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22So, where is today's auction destination?
0:12:22 > 0:12:27We're in Cirencester, the self proclaimed capital of the Cotswolds, which is quite fitting really,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30because we're at the Cotswolds Auction Company.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33This lot behind me are here to buy.
0:12:33 > 0:12:38It seems auctioneer Elizabeth Paul has something to tell us about Peter's trains.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42Do you know, I wish I had hung on to all my toys as a kid
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- with their boxes but I haven't got anything in that condition.- No.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48These belonged to Peter - they were his father's.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51- The message was, "Look, but do not touch".- Poor boy!
0:12:51 > 0:12:57In a way, but it has paid off because we've got a valuation because of condition
0:12:57 > 0:13:02and the packaging and boxing which is just right of £400 to £500 with a fixed reserve of 350.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- That's gone up.- Has it?- Yes, it has.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Why? It looks about right to me.
0:13:07 > 0:13:13- We had his second look and this one alone could make 250, 300. Just that one.- The coach? Why?
0:13:13 > 0:13:16The electric motor coach.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20Just probably a bit rarer, nice box, pristine condition. I doubt it's ever run.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Are you going to split this lot?
0:13:23 > 0:13:27It's staying together. And there's been a lot of interest.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- And now the reserve is?- 550.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Big difference, £200.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36What are you hoping to get? On a good day, fingers crossed.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Let's hope six.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49This is a bit of fun. Dawn's Bayko construction kit.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53- What value have you got on this? 50, 40?- No, less than that actually.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55We put it in at 20, 30.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57It is a poor man's Meccano.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01- Ooh, cheeky Will!- In the collector's world. That's what I'm saying.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05- I'm not saying it is any less fun or any less taxing.- It's brilliant.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09- For the collector...- Dawn, you've had this in long, long time.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11- 50 years. - You played with it as a young girl.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- Lots.- You have grandchildren.- Yes. - They're not interested?
0:14:14 > 0:14:18- You can't pass it on to anyone?- You can't divide between three, can you?
0:14:18 > 0:14:21You can't let anyone play with it really.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24It's not safe. With the little ones - screws - it's not safe.
0:14:24 > 0:14:30- Lots of fun though.- Brilliant. - Does it bring back lots of memories? - Oh, it does. Yeah, loved it.- Ah!
0:14:30 > 0:14:35Oh, we could have tears, we could have tears. And you've been doing a bit of research.
0:14:35 > 0:14:40A friend did. The Bayko club is celebrating 75 years next year.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44That might help the price. Anniversaries always bunk the price up.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48- Well, nobody had heard of it. - It depends how many people know about it as well.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51We're going to find out right now.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53- This is it.- Is it mine?- Yeah.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57OK, 122. Bayko building set - number two.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59A nice lot. Start me at £10.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02£10 to start. Five then. £5 anywhere. Five I'm bid.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Six seated. 7.
0:15:04 > 0:15:068. 9, 10.
0:15:06 > 0:15:1112. 15. At £15 with the gentleman.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13All done.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- And a new home.- What else can we do?
0:15:16 > 0:15:20You will get a coffee by the time they have taken off the commission.
0:15:20 > 0:15:21Exactly!
0:15:21 > 0:15:24You've got a sandwich and a coffee.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27- But it's been good fun being on "Flog It!"- That's what it is about.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38Mervyn's photographs, Caton Woodville, these are absolutely lovely.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40A lot of family history here.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43David, you've put about £100 to £120 on them.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Yes, basically, it's a military interest.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50Also, the artist that did the lithograph plates, absolutely superb.
0:15:50 > 0:15:55So, you've got two combinations. Military photographs, family history, all the way through.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58The military connection and the naval connection
0:15:58 > 0:16:02which is going to help these hopefully fly away. Lots of family history here.
0:16:02 > 0:16:08Your family history - your social history. Why is he flogging them? That's what we want to know.
0:16:08 > 0:16:14Well, I got to the age where money is more important than everything else.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18- What age is that?- Well, I'm just coming up to 75 now.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- You don't look it.- That's not old this day and age, is it?
0:16:21 > 0:16:25With all these drugs going, they can keep your alive till you're 100.
0:16:25 > 0:16:26ALL CHUCKLE
0:16:26 > 0:16:28The only one I like is a little bit of...
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Now we know where the money's going!
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Hopefully, you'll have one of those after the sale.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38We're going to find out right now because it's going under the hammer.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Victorian army and navy photograph album.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44There it is. Put it in, £50. Who'll give me 50?
0:16:44 > 0:16:46£50 anywhere? £50 somewhere.
0:16:46 > 0:16:4930 then. £30. Nobody wants it?
0:16:49 > 0:16:5230 bid. At 30. At 35.
0:16:52 > 0:16:5340. 5.
0:16:53 > 0:16:5850. 5. 60. 5. 70.
0:16:58 > 0:16:595. 80.
0:16:59 > 0:17:025. At 85 on my right, at 85.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06At 85. Any advance, 90? At 90. The gentleman's bid now at 90.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10Are we all done? Seated now, at £90 with the gentleman.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11Are we all finished?
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Yes, the hammer's gone down.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17£90. We had a reserve but it just tucked it in there.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- Yes.- £90 less commission.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- Drinks all round?- Yeah.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Problem is, drinking and driving.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26You've got to go home first.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Go to the local boozer.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30Well done!
0:17:39 > 0:17:45Right now, it's the shawl. We've got £60 to £80 on this. Put on by our expert, Will.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50- Totally agree.- Good! - Eleanor, you've had this 30 years. - Yes.- It is absolutely exquisite.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54- Why do you want to sell it now? - I don't need it any more. It takes up space.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56The children played with it for years and I don't need it.
0:17:56 > 0:18:02OK, we've got a reserve. With a bit of discretion at 60. You're not giving us away.
0:18:02 > 0:18:03What do you think?
0:18:03 > 0:18:07I think for quality of the shawl, a nice silk, hand-embroidered.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Good size, decorative.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11It's got to be worth £50 to £55.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14So, fingers crossed, like you say, a few ladies in the room.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15I reckon it's going to go.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19- A good decorator's piece.- Someone will go home wearing this.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21We're going to find out right now.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25- This is it.- A rather lovely fringed and bordered silk shawl.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Centre embroidered with exotic birds.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30A very lovely thing. £50. Start me off somewhere.
0:18:30 > 0:18:3430 then. Come on, it's cheap at 30.
0:18:34 > 0:18:3630, I'm bid. At 30.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38At 35. At 35, any advance?
0:18:38 > 0:18:42At 35, are will done then? At 35.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45It seems to be struggling a bit here.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47It didn't sell. You did the right thing.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50You protected it with a reserve, that's the main thing.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54At £30, £35, it's worth holding on to.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56- Just for a bit longer.- I think so.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Maybe use it again for dressing up - let the grand kids use it next time.
0:19:00 > 0:19:06- Maybe. - If you do want to sell it, I suggest putting it into a textiles sale.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09This is the only item of textiles here.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11- It's out on a limb really.- Yep.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14- Never mind.- Another 30 years! - Another day.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15ALL CHUCKLE
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Well, we're steaming along now. We should be after this lot.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29It is the Hornby trains. There's a lot of locomotives.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32They belong to Peter. We had a valuation of £400 to £500.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36Since that valuation day, you've had a chat with the auctioneer.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39I had a chat with her before the sale started and now,
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- the price has gone up. - Yes, there was an electric diesel.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45We did talk about it on the day. That's worth a bit more.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48That's why we've actually upped the reserve price.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50- What did you put the reserve up to? - 550.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52And the auction house is agreeable to that?
0:19:52 > 0:19:56- That's fine.- We could be looking at sort of £600, £700 now.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- I hope so.- It would be nice. - It would be very, very good.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02It's full steam ahead. Let's find out.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- Let's hope there are buyers here, Paul.- Hopefully.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07136, Hornby 00 locomotives -
0:20:07 > 0:20:10rolling-stock and track - including electric motor coach.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14A very nice lot. Lots and lots of interest. Start me at 200.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16200 to start.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19200, I'm bid. Thank you. At 200.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21At 200, who's going on? 220. 250.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24280. 300.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27At 300. 320. 350.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29At 350 now. 380.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31400. 420.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34450. 480. 500.
0:20:34 > 0:20:35At 500. 520.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38550. At 550 now, are we all done?
0:20:38 > 0:20:42550 and selling.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Yes. Not bad. The hammer's gone down.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- That's good. - That's good. We'll settle for that.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49I'm happy with that.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51What are you going to do with £550?
0:20:51 > 0:20:55We're going to go on a holiday to China in 2009 on an eclipse tour.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59That's one of my hobbies. I enjoy it. The track goes across China.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02You've got no choices. You've to go where the eclipse goes.
0:21:02 > 0:21:07- We're planning to do that in 2009. - A good job it wasn't this year, the Olympics are on.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09- You'd never find a hotel! - Very true.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11- Very true.- Are you going by train?
0:21:11 > 0:21:15No, we're flying. It's a bit quicker. Nice one!
0:21:24 > 0:21:29The great thing about my job is I get out and about all over the British Isles
0:21:29 > 0:21:32visiting fascinating places that put a smile on my face
0:21:32 > 0:21:35and I always feel privileged to witness some of the things
0:21:35 > 0:21:38that I see, which most people rarely get a chance to.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Today, I'm doing just that.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48Here, on this disused airfield, just outside Swindon in Wiltshire,
0:21:48 > 0:21:54the Science Museum houses all its oversized objects in six big aircraft hangars, like this one.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58The collection ranges from sock-darning machines to the first ever hovercraft,
0:21:58 > 0:22:03from nuclear missiles to the Blue Peter lifeboat.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Each item comes with its own unique story.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Peter Turvey, pleasure to meet you. You're the head curator here.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26- Yes, that's it.- So you're the person to tell me how many items does this place house?
0:22:26 > 0:22:30We have about 18,000 museum objects here at Science Museum, Swindon.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33You're responsible responsible for all of them?
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Well, our collections care team is responsible
0:22:36 > 0:22:38for making them safe and well looked after.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42What about the history of this place, though, prior to when you got hold of it?
0:22:42 > 0:22:48This was a World War II airfield. It was a maintenance unit, Number 15 maintenance unit.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52All the buildings were built before the outbreak of the Second World War.
0:22:52 > 0:22:57This site was in use by their area until the late 1970s
0:22:57 > 0:23:00and then we gradually took it over for museum storage.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01Do you have a particular favourite?
0:23:01 > 0:23:05It's difficult, because I've so many things to look at.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08I've got lots of different favourites depending on what day it is!
0:23:08 > 0:23:12I think my favourite at the moment is our steam car.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Maybe we'll have a look at that a bit later!
0:23:14 > 0:23:19What I'd like to see is something quite iconic, something that may be
0:23:19 > 0:23:23the oldest item here or the largest or the heaviest. What have you got to show me?
0:23:23 > 0:23:27We could look at our Fleet Street printing press, the heaviest object we've got at 140 tons.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30- OK. Is it this way?- Just down here.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32After you.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Where is it then, Peter?
0:23:45 > 0:23:50I'm being a bit cheeky, because I know we've just walked through it or underneath it. That is colossal.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54- An impressive piece of machinery. - It's as big as a house, isn't it?
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Yes. Actually, we only have one third of it here.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59It was bigger! Wow, gosh!
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Obviously, you had to assemble it here, it came in bits.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Yes, it came in pieces from Fleet Street
0:24:05 > 0:24:09and skilled engineers spent nine weeks putting it together here.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12- What date is that? When was it decommissioned? - It dates from about 1930
0:24:12 > 0:24:17and it was in use printing the Daily Mail and the Evening News until about 1989.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Incredible! Do you know roughly how it worked?
0:24:20 > 0:24:24- Yes. It's quite simple. See that big roll of newsprint there?- Yes.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28That was fed up through the machine up to all those rollers.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Some of the rollers have the type face for printing the newspaper.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Some carry ink onto the type face.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38Then it shoots all the way up into that bedstead contraption at the top
0:24:38 > 0:24:43and it's folded and turned into bits of newspaper, and then shot off elsewhere into the building.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- You could say that is a Fleet Street heavyweight.- It really is.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59- Keeps you fit, walking around. - Yes. It's a big site.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03One big giant attic and everything is in juxtaposition. It's quite interesting.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08I can just see, you've got the Sno-Cat here next to an old bus.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12- Everything is organised according to size and weight.- Tell me about the Sno-Cat.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14This is really one of our star objects.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16It's got an amazing history with it.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19It was one of four sent to Antarctica in 1957
0:25:19 > 0:25:24for a British expedition that was the first motorised crossing of Antarctica.
0:25:27 > 0:25:32They set off in late-1957 and got to the other side in early-1958.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35It was a very important scientific expedition.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Some of the research they did is very relevant today.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42One of the things they did was measure the thickness of the Antarctic ice sheet,
0:25:42 > 0:25:47- so we can actually see how global warming has affected the ice sheet.- Incredible.
0:25:47 > 0:25:52I can see how it works now. It's got four pontoons as wheels, with tracks on it.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55They were developed in America for servicing telephone lines,
0:25:55 > 0:25:59so they spread the weight so they can go over snowfields.
0:25:59 > 0:26:00Fascinating machines.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04It must be a big headache for conservation,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07because you've got to look at these things once they're in here
0:26:07 > 0:26:10and make sure they aren't rusting any further.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14Yes. We have a specialist team of conservators who look after our objects.
0:26:14 > 0:26:20If you go over to our conservation laboratory you can meet Dennis, who's one of our conservators.
0:26:28 > 0:26:33- Hi, Dennis.- Hi.- I've been walking around the hangars with Peter
0:26:33 > 0:26:34and he's been showing me around.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38I want to find out a bit more about conservation. Where do you start?
0:26:38 > 0:26:39What do you pick on?
0:26:39 > 0:26:43We're usually getting objects ready for display
0:26:43 > 0:26:47down at the Science Museum in London, so we don't do any repairs.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50- Conservation isn't about making it work.- It's note restoration.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- That's right.- This is a computer, isn't it?
0:26:53 > 0:26:54Actually, this is ERNIE I.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56He picked the Premium Bond numbers.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00Yeah, that's right. Back in the 1950s.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05The acronym ERNIE stands for Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment.
0:27:05 > 0:27:12From 1957 to 1972, ERNIE I produced thousands upon thousands of winning numbers for the premium bonds.
0:27:12 > 0:27:19Today, ERNIE IV does the job and ERNIE I has been saved as a museum piece.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23What are you doing? I see you're using traditional methods and techniques.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27It's like you're restoring a little bit of fine art on a canvas.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32Absolutely. Art conservators use saliva to clean objects,
0:27:32 > 0:27:38and we've found that the enzymes in saliva are one of the most effective ways of cleaning it.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41- Not all YOUR saliva, though.- Yes.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45- Really?- I have to think about lemons a lot.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47- Seriously?- Yes.
0:27:47 > 0:27:52They work on a canvas, let's say, this size. Your canvas is, well...
0:27:52 > 0:27:55- You're going to be here for months. - Yes, it's quite a bit bigger.
0:27:55 > 0:27:56I'm not doing all the surfaces.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Mostly the plastic surfaces.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00How long will this take?
0:28:00 > 0:28:05We've booked in six months to do it and that's going to be pushing it.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Dennis, I can't shake your hand to say thank you,
0:28:08 > 0:28:12but I know you've got your work cut out so I'll let you get on with it.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22The Science Museum here at Wroughton is such a fascinating place,
0:28:22 > 0:28:26but it's only open to the general public on certain days of the year.
0:28:26 > 0:28:32Do keep an eye open, because there's plenty to see here and they are preserving your heritage.
0:28:42 > 0:28:47It's back to the valuation day and David looks like a very happy man.
0:28:47 > 0:28:53Judy, this is such a remarkable piece of porcelain.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Where did it come from?
0:28:55 > 0:28:58It used to sit in my mother's display cabinet
0:28:58 > 0:29:04for many years and I was often told how very valuable it was.
0:29:04 > 0:29:09I've treasured it for a while but it's not actually my cup of tea,
0:29:09 > 0:29:14so I'd like to find something that I can replace it with.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17I think it's very good indeed.
0:29:17 > 0:29:23It's a nice comparison with the other pieces that we've taken in, because
0:29:23 > 0:29:29- this is the top end of the early-20th century porcelain market.- Oh, right.
0:29:29 > 0:29:36This is the sort of choice porcelain that would have been in the rather splendid Edwardian cabinets.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39- Right, OK.- Highly decorative.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Produced not necessarily for usage.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45No, I was wondering what it might be used for, actually.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49The nearest thing you could get for table usage would be bonbons.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53- Yes.- And these would have been hand-made sweets and truffles
0:29:53 > 0:29:57that would have been made in the kitchen, below stairs.
0:29:57 > 0:29:58Below stairs. Yes.
0:29:58 > 0:30:03Otherwise, they might have had candied fruit or something like that.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05But this is a highly decorative piece.
0:30:05 > 0:30:10If you look at it carefully and squint at it it almost looks like a Renaissance goblet.
0:30:10 > 0:30:11Yes.
0:30:11 > 0:30:16- Yes. I can see that. It's...- It is very, very fine Worcester porcelain.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20Now, just tell me, why are you selling this?
0:30:20 > 0:30:24Well, although I can see how attractive it is,
0:30:24 > 0:30:27it's not really my cup of tea.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31It's not something that I look at and think, "Isn't that gorgeous?"
0:30:31 > 0:30:34I'd like something that I'll look at and think, "Isn't that gorgeous?"
0:30:34 > 0:30:39- What I like about it is its sheer opulence.- Yes. Yes.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41It's the amount of gilt that is used.
0:30:41 > 0:30:48This wonderful floral painting and if you look at the floral painting, its outlined in gilt as well.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50It's an incredible piece.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53I love these scroll handles which you'd hold.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55It's almost a drinking vessel.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57If it had been circular it would have been,
0:30:57 > 0:31:03something like that. You are looking back to the past for the inspiration of design.
0:31:03 > 0:31:08Now, these were produced at end of the 19th, into the 20th century.
0:31:08 > 0:31:14This piece has a mark on the bottom which will tell me the exact date it was made.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18The beauty of Worcester porcelain is, it's exactly like silver marks.
0:31:18 > 0:31:23You can tell the exact year that this was made by the dots underneath.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Now, the dots start in 1892.
0:31:25 > 0:31:32- Yes.- And if you count up all the other dots, it works out to 1911.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36- 1911? Wow.- So, this piece was made in 1911.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40- That glorious epoch of the early- 20th century.- Before the Great War.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42The Edwardian ladies. My Fair Lady.
0:31:42 > 0:31:47- Yes. That's where the opulence comes from, yes, yes.- That sort of period.
0:31:47 > 0:31:48It is very opulent.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50It's a cabinet piece.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Now, price.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55These are still in demand.
0:31:55 > 0:32:01- But not as much as they were five or even 10 years ago.- Yes. Yes.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04This piece, let's say,
0:32:04 > 0:32:10five years ago, would have been 150 to £200. That sort of price range.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14- Yes. Yes.- There's a slight resilience in the market now
0:32:14 > 0:32:16to go for this blush ground.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19Fashions change. I never understand why.
0:32:19 > 0:32:24If we are looking at this, around about 100 to 130.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28- That sort of price range.- OK.- If it goes for more, I shall be very happy.
0:32:28 > 0:32:29Yes. Well, so shall I!
0:32:29 > 0:32:34Thank you very much for coming along. I do appreciate it. I hope we make a very good price for you.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:32:42 > 0:32:47Well, look at this lay-out we've got on the table here, Adrian.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49This is taking me back to my childhood.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Were these yours as a child? Did you play with these?
0:32:52 > 0:32:55They were my father-in-law's. He collected them in the '70s.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57They were just put in a case by all accounts.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00And when he passed away, he left them to the wife.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03So, this is how we've come to get them and they've been in the loft for six years.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06It's amazing, he didn't open these, did he?
0:33:06 > 0:33:09Was he buying these for investment, do you think?
0:33:09 > 0:33:10He just liked collecting the cars.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13But he never let the children play with them.
0:33:13 > 0:33:19Well, as you can see, from here, the majority of these are Matchbox.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23Most people when they think of this type of toy think of
0:33:23 > 0:33:27Corgi and Dinky and then third in that tier comes Matchbox.
0:33:27 > 0:33:32You've got quite an array that you've brought with you today, Adrian.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34This one is fairly out here, the GWR.
0:33:34 > 0:33:35Yeah, the GWR train.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39Bearing in mind where we are today, then we've got another loco here.
0:33:39 > 0:33:44If I move towards the front I can see here, again, reminding me of some of
0:33:44 > 0:33:47the television programmes I used to watch as a small boy.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50- Any particular favourites of yours, here?- Starsky and Hutch.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53- Starsky and Hutch?- I used to watch that in the '70s.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56Yeah, I think that carries a certain place in a lot of people's hearts,
0:33:56 > 0:34:00doesn't it? Well, that's a Corgi one, as is the James Bond ones.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04Now, that was a bandwagon that a lot of them jumped on.
0:34:04 > 0:34:09That would open up the market to a whole new collector, shall we say?
0:34:09 > 0:34:12They tend to be well collected.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16Just looking at the sort of quantity and variety you have got here,
0:34:16 > 0:34:20- have you any idea of what they might be worth?- Not a clue.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23They've got to be worth a couple of pounds each,
0:34:23 > 0:34:29certainly the ones that have been kept in the packaging. That's a premium that's hard to get.
0:34:29 > 0:34:34It means they're mint condition.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37I've had a quick tot up. I don't know how many there are here.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39- 20, 30?- Something like that.
0:34:39 > 0:34:46My suggestion, to put them into the auction, would be perhaps put an estimate on of £40 to £60.
0:34:46 > 0:34:51Straddle that £50-mark. And see how they do on the day.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53Were you thinking of putting a reserve on them?
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Your wife inherited them - you have permission to sell these?
0:34:56 > 0:34:58- We've got her permission to sell. - Have we?
0:34:58 > 0:35:01If we say no reserve, we're going to get a sale on the day.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03That's what it's about at the end of the day.
0:35:03 > 0:35:08Who knows, I reckon someone might buy them and then just rip them all out of the packaging
0:35:08 > 0:35:11and have a great nostalgic play with them, what do you think?
0:35:11 > 0:35:15- Could do.- Excellent. So, we'll see you on the day? - Yeah, that's fine. Thank you.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Sandra, these two pictures are of real quality.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26I think they're very special.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29Will you tell me a bit about them? What do you know?
0:35:29 > 0:35:34Not very much. They were given to my father, when we lived in London.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37A customer gave them to him as a present.
0:35:37 > 0:35:38Just a present?
0:35:38 > 0:35:43- To say thank you. And they've hung in our house ever since. - Do you know what they are?
0:35:43 > 0:35:46Not really. I thought they were painted on slate, but that's all.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49You're right about one thing. They are on slate.
0:35:49 > 0:35:50But they're not painted.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53When you look at them, you think a couple of cavaliers,
0:35:53 > 0:35:57a little bit naively painted on slate,
0:35:57 > 0:36:00and they could have done a better job, because that's not painted on.
0:36:00 > 0:36:08That slate has been carved out and stone and marble has been inset into the aperture that's been carved out.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11"Pietra dura", that's what it means,
0:36:11 > 0:36:18hard durable stone. It's Italian and it's a very, very clever technique.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20The Italians were absolutely amazing at this.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24It's a technique that dates back to the Renaissance, the 1500s.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28Very expensive in their day, as well. The condition is absolutely beautiful.
0:36:28 > 0:36:33If I can just turn them over, you can see, both backs have not been tampered with.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36Original hanging rings and the original paper backing.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39Now, the trade are going to absolutely love that.
0:36:39 > 0:36:40And the collectors.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Because it's not been fiddled with.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45But look at the quality of that.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48Lovely bold Victorian, ebonised frame.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Wonderful gold inset. It just picks the whole thing out.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54But look at the stones you've got involved in there.
0:36:54 > 0:36:59There's black onyx, some lapis as well. There's bits of marble.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01Look at the trousers, the boots, that's a lovely marble.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05Isn't it beautiful? Why do you want to sell them?
0:37:05 > 0:37:08I don't think our house is suitable.
0:37:08 > 0:37:13It's a modern central-heated house and I think the central heating is spoiling them.
0:37:13 > 0:37:18Never hang anything like this over a radiator.
0:37:18 > 0:37:25Never hang anything obviously, a bit of fine art work, in a room with direct sunlight coming on to it.
0:37:25 > 0:37:26Ruins everything.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30Have you any idea how much these are worth?
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- Not really.- Well, if I said to you,
0:37:33 > 0:37:40I'd like to put them into auction with an estimated guide of £300 to £500,
0:37:40 > 0:37:44and I think we could possibly break that barrier on a very good day
0:37:44 > 0:37:49- if two people fell in love with these, we could sell the pair for £600.- Fine.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- Would you be happy with that? Has that surprised you?- Yes.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54It has, really.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58I think it's a cracking lot and hopefully we'll have some eager bidding on this.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Thank you.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04Here are our second lot of items to go under the hammer.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07The Royal Worcester isn't to Judy's taste,
0:38:07 > 0:38:11but there are plenty of people who love it, so let's hope they are in the saleroom today.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13This collection shouldn't be hidden away.
0:38:13 > 0:38:18It's great fun and could take a willing bidder on a very nostalgic trip down memory lane.
0:38:18 > 0:38:23Finally, these pietra dura are exquisite
0:38:23 > 0:38:27and at £300 to £500, I'd be amazed if they're not snapped up.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30And taking the rostrum for this lot is auctioneer Lindsay Broom.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34It's not Judy's cup of tea but plenty of you will love this Royal Worcester,
0:38:34 > 0:38:39including David. You put £100, £150 on it, it's fixed at £100.
0:38:39 > 0:38:44- Why don't you like it? - It's just a bit too much.
0:38:44 > 0:38:45I think it's very attractive.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48I can see the value of it. But it's just a bit too much.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52Is it? You like it a bit more simple things? More humble, bohemian?
0:38:52 > 0:38:58- I wouldn't say humble.- I like humble things.- Just something that's not quite so ornate.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00People might say it's over the top,
0:39:00 > 0:39:04but it has got that richness you associate with the the Edwardian period.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08Again, that's antiques, in a way. Some of them have to be showy. That's what it's all about.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12- You want to show them off, otherwise it's not worth investing in them. - That's true.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15OK, let's see who's going to invest in this one, shall we? Here we go.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19Lot 217, the Royal Worcester porcelain pedestal bowl.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23Very pretty one. What shall we say, £100 to start on this? £100?
0:39:23 > 0:39:2550 then, £50 to start.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27It's a big jump, isn't it?
0:39:27 > 0:39:31Anyone interested at £50 to start?
0:39:31 > 0:39:33£50, thank you, at 50,
0:39:33 > 0:39:3655, 60, 65, 70,
0:39:36 > 0:39:3975, 80, 85, 90,
0:39:39 > 0:39:42- 95, at 95...- Oh, come on!
0:39:42 > 0:39:4595... 100, is it? At 95...
0:39:45 > 0:39:46It's got to be £100!
0:39:46 > 0:39:50£100 for you... 100 bid, right at the back.
0:39:50 > 0:39:55- Gosh, just!- At 100 then, I'm selling at 100...
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Oh, we had a fixed Reserve at 100.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01That was close, wasn't it? Sailing a bit close to the wind, there.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05- We did it. 100 quid.- We got the hundred. That's fine.- Ooh!
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Next up, Adrian's Matchbox cars.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19There's a lot of them, but he can't be here today, he's at a conference,
0:40:19 > 0:40:23but his mum, Ruth, is here, flogging his cars.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Well, we've got £40 to £60 put on these.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29I love the Kojak one and the old catchphrase was, "Who loves you, baby?"
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Let's see if someone falls in love with this one. Here it is.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36A quantity of Corgis and Matchbox die cast. Two boxes.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38A very nice lot.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42£50 to start? 50 I'm bid, at 50. At 50.
0:40:42 > 0:40:4755, 60, 65, 70, at 70,
0:40:47 > 0:40:49who's going on then at 70?
0:40:49 > 0:40:50Any advance then at 70?
0:40:50 > 0:40:53- 75, 80...- Good.
0:40:53 > 0:40:5785, 90, any other buyers? 95.
0:40:57 > 0:41:02100, 110, at 110 now,
0:41:02 > 0:41:06are we all done at 110? Are we all finished at 110?
0:41:06 > 0:41:11Yes. Hammer's down at £110. £110.
0:41:11 > 0:41:12- Good grief.- That's fantastic.
0:41:12 > 0:41:16- He will be over the moon.- A result! Kojak did that with his lollipop!
0:41:25 > 0:41:29- Sandra, what's going through your mind right now?- Are we going to reach the value...
0:41:29 > 0:41:32- of £300?- We've got those two wonderful...
0:41:32 > 0:41:36a pair of pietra dura, in fact, look at this, they're right next to us, just there.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40Going under the hammer, we are two lots away, £300 to £500.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43I had a chat to the auctioneer before the sale.
0:41:43 > 0:41:49They sold a pair in a previous sale for £600 and the images were of birds.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51You've got these wonderful cavaliers.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54We're coming towards the end of the sale and the room has thinned out.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58I just hope there's enough people here who have seen them and left bids
0:41:58 > 0:42:00or you never know, there might be a phone bid.
0:42:00 > 0:42:06- You won't bash me over their head, will you, if they don't sell? - No. They'll just go home again.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09OK. Good luck. They're going under the hammer, now.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12331, pair of pietra dura pictures showing there.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16Very lovely. Start me off, lots and lots of interest. Start me at 300.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20300 I'm bid, at 300, 320, 350,
0:42:20 > 0:42:22380, 400,
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- 420, 450...- Yes...- ..480,
0:42:25 > 0:42:29at 500, 520, 540,
0:42:29 > 0:42:35550, 580, at 580, 600.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38- That's more like it.- At £600, any advance on £600?
0:42:38 > 0:42:42At £600, standing in the room now, are we all done?
0:42:42 > 0:42:44At 600, selling...
0:42:44 > 0:42:48Yes! £600.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51- Wonderful.- That's what we talked about on the day, didn't we?
0:42:51 > 0:42:56We said, we'd pitch it at 300-500, but hopefully they'll make the £600.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00Phew. Pressure is off. What are you going to do with that £600? What's it going towards?
0:43:00 > 0:43:02- For a holiday.- A bit of commission.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05A holiday. Everybody is spending their money on holidays.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07- Where is the holiday going to be? - Guernsey.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09- Ooh, lovely, have you been there before?- Yes.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Nice peaceful two weeks, just sort of taking it easy.
0:43:12 > 0:43:16Yes. In a hotel this time, not a guest house.
0:43:17 > 0:43:22Thank you so much, Sandra. That was pure quality and quality always sells.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25I hope you've enjoyed today's show. We thoroughly enjoyed making it.
0:43:25 > 0:43:29So, until next time, it's cheerio from Cirencester.
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