0:00:06 > 0:00:08Now, who was Britain's first Christian martyr?
0:00:08 > 0:00:13This might be a clue. This marvellous cathedral
0:00:13 > 0:00:17and abbey church behind me was dedicated to him. He was St Alban and today,
0:00:17 > 0:00:21Flog It comes from the town named after him... St Albans.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01Even though St Alban sounds virtuous, which indeed he was, and I'll tell you why a bit later,
0:01:01 > 0:01:09this place is reputed to have more pubs per square mile than any other town in the United Kingdom.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13And this one is supposed to be the oldest in Britain.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18It's called Ye Olde Fighting Cocks and it boasts many illustrious visitors,
0:01:18 > 0:01:21one of whom was Sir Walter Raleigh.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Well, the weather is slightly inclement. It's been raining but thankfully there are no puddles,
0:01:38 > 0:01:43so our gallant expert, Mark Stacey, doesn't have to take his cloak off for the wonderful Kate Bliss.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45- Are you enjoying this today?- Yes.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- Loads of people. - What have you seen so far?
0:01:47 > 0:01:51Oh, lots of interesting items, Paul. I can't wait to get them inside and unwrapped.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55Well, I think it's 9:30, the doors are open, let's get them in.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09We're in the town hall today and some of the owners of family heirlooms you can see below
0:02:09 > 0:02:11are getting rather excited.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Let's see who has made it to the valuation table first.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23- Hello, Dee.- Hello.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26It wouldn't be Flog It if we didn't have another piece of Troika.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- Yes.- Now, where did it come from?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Well, it belonged to my parents,
0:02:30 > 0:02:36and in the '60s and early '70s we took many holidays in Cornwall,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39although I don't remember exactly where they bought it.
0:02:39 > 0:02:45It was probably on one of those summer holidays and they've had it ever since and my father
0:02:45 > 0:02:49died several years ago and my mother has recently moved into a care home,
0:02:49 > 0:02:54so this has come to me, and I wondered if I ought to keep it
0:02:54 > 0:02:59but I think they would rather like to think that other people had seen it,
0:02:59 > 0:03:02- someone else had bought it. - And do you like it yourself?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04I do like it, yes, I do.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- And this looks almost the original shade?- It is.
0:03:07 > 0:03:12So, if we take the shade off, Dee, and then we can have a little look at the lamp base.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14We've got a typical Troika shade...
0:03:14 > 0:03:20very geometric, very abstract, this circular shape, and if we turn it round,
0:03:20 > 0:03:23you've got a completely different design on the other side,
0:03:23 > 0:03:29so you can actually use all sides, so if you get bored with looking at that one, you just turn it around.
0:03:29 > 0:03:35If we turn it upside down we can see we've got a cover which will almost certainly be marked Troika,
0:03:35 > 0:03:40possibly then with an artist or designer signature on it, initials, but very much late '60s.
0:03:40 > 0:03:46I think if it was a slightly stronger colour where we had a sort of dark blue background
0:03:46 > 0:03:51and brighter colours, we would probably be looking at £300,
0:03:51 > 0:03:56£400. I think because it's got that sort of paler, earthier colours,
0:03:56 > 0:04:02we're probably looking at sort of £150 to £250, with £150 reserve.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04How do you feel about flogging it?
0:04:04 > 0:04:08- Yes.- Wonderful! Well, I look forward to seeing you at the auction.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12- Thank you very much, Mark. I look forward to it as well. - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25What a handsome bear, Zoe! So has he got a name?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- Rupert.- Rupert? Rupert the Bear!
0:04:28 > 0:04:32- Now we've got three generations here. How old are you, Zoe?- Six.
0:04:32 > 0:04:38And this is mum, Caroline, isn't it, and we've got your grandma with us, so who does this bear belong to?
0:04:38 > 0:04:42- My mum.- Your mum? So how did your mum come by this?
0:04:42 > 0:04:47When I was about three, my mum's family worked in a house in St Albans, in Hangar House.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52- Called what, sorry?- Hangar House. - Which is a big country house, not far from here?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Hangar Park in London Colney.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- OK.- And apparently when I was three, the lady...what was her name?
0:04:58 > 0:05:03- Calladine.- Lady Calladine, she took me upstairs to choose something from the nursery, and I chose this.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07- What a lucky girl!- Mum said there were loads of soft lions up there,
0:05:07 > 0:05:09but I chose the bear.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- You wanted the bear?- Yes. - Not interested in anything else?
0:05:11 > 0:05:15No, the bear. I don't remember it, but I still like him!
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- So has he been much loved? - Yes, very loved, yes.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22- Ride it up and down the road! - Did you?- Yes. Mum lives on a hill,
0:05:22 > 0:05:28- so my brother had his go kart and I had Rupert!- Did you have races? - Yes!- Poor Rupert!
0:05:28 > 0:05:34Now he's up in Mum's loft and that's where he's been for quite a few years, so he's just up there.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37I've got three daughters, my brother has got children as well
0:05:37 > 0:05:40and you can't divide him between six children, or...
0:05:40 > 0:05:43He's in a remarkable condition considering you used to ride him down the hill!
0:05:43 > 0:05:47He's got lovely fur, and he's straw-filled,
0:05:47 > 0:05:50and he's got a few characteristics which help us to date him.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55If we look at his eyes, the early bears that were made -
0:05:55 > 0:06:02in Germany - of this sort of type, had what were called "boot black" eyes, or "boot button" eyes...
0:06:02 > 0:06:07little tiny black button eyes, rather like the buttons on boots, hence they got their name,
0:06:07 > 0:06:13and then from the 1920s glass eyes replaced them and then from the 1950s, the plastic eyes came in,
0:06:13 > 0:06:20and I think that's what we've got here, with the amber surrounds, and also the wheels help us date it.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Now I would put this probably post War, perhaps 1950s even,
0:06:24 > 0:06:27and we've got two little tell-tale signs as well.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32We've got a label actually on the wheels' axle, on the base here.
0:06:32 > 0:06:39It's Muhlhauser, and it says sportspiel, which is German for a sporting toy,
0:06:39 > 0:06:46or something that moves, basically I think and Muhlhauser would be the manufacturer of that metal base,
0:06:46 > 0:06:50but...is there anything else you have noticed about his ears?
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Have you seen a little button in his ear?
0:06:52 > 0:06:56- Well, you've pointed it out to us... - But you didn't see it before?- No.
0:06:56 > 0:07:03Well, we've got a little button here which is characteristic for, really, the top of the tree
0:07:03 > 0:07:08in toy manufacturing in Germany, the factory called Steiff, and there were different
0:07:08 > 0:07:16little buttons in ears for different periods of manufacture and this also helps me to tell me that it is 1950s.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Does it do anything else, Zoe?
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- Yes. It growls!- Listen to that! BEAR GROWLS
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Can we hear it again? Oh, yeah! BEAR GROWLS
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Well, I think it is super that that still works. Lovely.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29So what about value? Any ideas?
0:07:29 > 0:07:35- Not at all.- Well, if he was slightly earlier, if he was 1910 or slightly later, then we'd be talking
0:07:35 > 0:07:38several hundred pounds, but I still think
0:07:38 > 0:07:44as a sort of 1950s in date, he's going to be worth £100 to £150 at auction.
0:07:44 > 0:07:50- Not bad for an old bear, is he? Thank you very much for bringing him along. - OK.- I rather fancy him myself!
0:08:02 > 0:08:06Cathy, this doesn't look like the usual violin cases we normally see.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Well, I presume it is a violin.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09I can see the violin bow there.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Let's have a look. Shall I take this out?
0:08:12 > 0:08:16- Yes, please do.- You don't sound like you're from St Albans. There's a slight Irish...
0:08:16 > 0:08:21There is an Irish undertone there but I have been
0:08:21 > 0:08:24made a British citizen now. You're in safe hands.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26- A St Albans' citizen! - St Albans it is, yes.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Well, let's move the case.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32I'm kind of getting the picture of what this is all about now.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35I like the original case, that's nice.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38The bow, that's OK.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39It's a typical student bow.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Some bows are worth an awful lot of money
0:08:42 > 0:08:46if they're silver mounted, but this one is a typical student bow with
0:08:46 > 0:08:50probably no value whatsoever, but this is what is intriguing me, because it's not a violin, is it?
0:08:50 > 0:08:53- No, it isn't!- Aah, look at that!
0:08:53 > 0:08:56It's a practice violin!
0:08:56 > 0:08:57How wonderful!
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Tell me all about this.
0:09:00 > 0:09:06Well, unfortunately I have very little to tell you because it was given to my husband by an uncle
0:09:06 > 0:09:11and he gave us no information about where it came from at all.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15My husband plays the violin, but has a very long neck
0:09:15 > 0:09:18and consequently can't make use of the practice violin.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21- Can I have a look?- You may.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Aah! That is exquisite!
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Just look at that shape!
0:09:26 > 0:09:28That is a typical "S" scroll
0:09:28 > 0:09:34that you see on the sound holes either side on the violin.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36That is so beautiful.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39There's a little bit of age to this, you know.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42I would say that is over 100 years old.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- Really?- Yes, yes.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46- This is made of mahogany.- Really?
0:09:46 > 0:09:51Yes, and obviously it would be used to practice fingering positions.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Yes. I'm sure you're right.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Any idea of the value?
0:09:56 > 0:10:00None whatsoever. None whatsoever.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04It has kind of puzzled me, really, because this one is a hard one to value.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07I can see this quite easily doing £300, put it that way.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Oh, goodness, wow, yes, OK.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- That sounds good to start with, doesn't it?- It does.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17It might even do £400, but I don't want to get your hopes up.
0:10:17 > 0:10:23- No.- But I think that is where we have got to pitch this. Yes, let's protect this with a fixed reserve
0:10:23 > 0:10:24- of £250...- Mm-hm.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29..And put it into auction with a value of, hopefully £300 to £400.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31- Wonderful!- I'm sure it will find...
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- A good home.- ..A really lovely home. - Yes, indeed.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43Irene, James. Now, you've brought a nice gold Albert chain to show us.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45- It is a family piece? - It's my husband's.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Is it? Where did it come from, James?
0:10:47 > 0:10:52My father gave it to me 20, 25 years ago.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Do you think it was handed down to him by his father, or did he...?
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Really that's where I haven't got a clue.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02I don't know where it came from originally.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07I don't know whether it has ever been used. I can assume it has, but I don't know for sure.
0:11:07 > 0:11:08- Have you used it yourself?- No.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- Have you?- No.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Because people do wear them, actually, these days as neck chains,
0:11:14 > 0:11:19but basically what we've got is a nice nine carat gold Albert watch chain.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22This is a gentleman's accessory for keeping his pocket watch
0:11:22 > 0:11:27and other things on and we've got a nice little seal down here
0:11:27 > 0:11:29which has got a bloodstone on one side.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31There's a cornelian on the other side.
0:11:31 > 0:11:38Not marked, so nobody has put their family crest on that, and that's quite a typical sort of shape.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41So, where has it lived with you all these years?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43In a little...
0:11:43 > 0:11:45leather pouch...
0:11:45 > 0:11:50- In my bedside table.- It never sees the light of day, really.
0:11:50 > 0:11:5317 years it has been in there, and Jim hasn't known!
0:11:53 > 0:11:55So, it's time for it to go?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Yes, I think so.
0:11:57 > 0:12:02Well, gold is doing quite well at the moment, the prices are quite high because of the current
0:12:02 > 0:12:05world economic situation, and we've weighed it.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08It comes in at about 60 grams, I think.
0:12:08 > 0:12:13I would have thought we should put this in with an estimate of something like £250 to £350...
0:12:13 > 0:12:16- Wow!- With a £250 reserve.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Crikey! I didn't realise that.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21- Is that all right?- That's good. - Does that please you?- It does.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Better than sitting on the bedside table.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27- Yeah.- You can put the money to better use, although it's a very attractive thing.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32That's wonderful, so I look forward to seeing you at auction, and let's hope you get a good price.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Thank you very much.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Well, we're seeing such a variety of items here today,
0:12:42 > 0:12:45but right now it is time to put our experts' theories to the test,
0:12:45 > 0:12:48and find out if they're on the money.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52It's our first visit to the sale room - here are the items we're taking with us.
0:12:56 > 0:13:01Pity about the colour, Dee! Blue might have been better, but Troika always does well.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Zoe's Steiff bear, Rupert, climbed out of the loft straight into
0:13:07 > 0:13:14the auction room where, with a bit of luck, he's going to find a new home.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18What an unusual piece! I'm hoping there will be plenty of bidders
0:13:18 > 0:13:23in the sale room who might appreciate Cathy's shapely practice violin.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28And with gold prices riding high, Irene and James' chain should do really well.
0:13:31 > 0:13:38Now, I wonder whose heirlooms will be tempting the bidders today at Tring Market Auction.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Well, it's nearly auction time.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43You've just heard what our valuers think back at the valuation day,
0:13:43 > 0:13:48but what does Steven Hearn think, our auctioneer? Let's get his opinion.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51This is a bit of quality. It belongs to Irene and James.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54It's a nine carat fob chain.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58We've got £250 to £350 on here.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03- Phew!- Well, gold is fetching a lot of money right now.- Well, yes. We're in a period of good pricing for gold
0:14:03 > 0:14:10and other precious metals and it's just right for that gentleman about town, PAUL, isn't it?!
0:14:10 > 0:14:12That's right, gentleman about town.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14I don't like the bloodstone, though.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18Oh, dear! Well, it's a good weight, you know.
0:14:18 > 0:14:23You've got 60 grams, excluding the fob, so if you start breaking it down,
0:14:23 > 0:14:29and also a lot of the value now can be attributed to the fact that unfortunately,
0:14:29 > 0:14:35once it moves on from the sale room we could have two ladies' bracelets,
0:14:35 > 0:14:39we could have a pendant, or we could just have it... With 60 grams,
0:14:39 > 0:14:4260 grams at metal prices today...
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- Scrap metal.- ..That's going to achieve its reserve for scrap metal!
0:14:45 > 0:14:49And it may get broken up by the trade, so it has got legs, hasn't it?
0:14:49 > 0:14:56I think so. I think so, and I think we could be close to £500.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59- Suits you!- Suits me!
0:15:08 > 0:15:12This Troika lamp should light up the room. Your mum bought this in Cornwall, didn't she?
0:15:12 > 0:15:18Yes, she did. My mum and dad, on a holiday in Cornwall and she's now moved into a care home.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21- Does she mind you flogging it? - Oh, no! She's given her permission.
0:15:21 > 0:15:26She's very happy for us to sell it and she'd like the money to go towards my daughter's wedding.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Oh, how super! She will be watching this!
0:15:28 > 0:15:33- Yes, she will!- I think you'll enjoy this and what a great way of putting money towards the wedding.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36We've got lots of Troika in today's sale.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- Which is a good thing.- The buyers are here, the collectors are here.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44- Let's find out what this is going to do.- Let's.- This is going under the hammer now.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45Lot number 214.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Troika, and we have the vase and the shade is in the store.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51£100 to start me, thank you. £100 I'm bid then.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55And ten I have bid now. 120... and 30. Are you 40, sir?
0:15:55 > 0:16:00140, 50 is it? £150 now.
0:16:00 > 0:16:01And 60 I'm bid for.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05And 70 now. No? 160 then.
0:16:05 > 0:16:0660, we've reached it.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Thank you. At £160, then. Thank you.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11He sold it - £160!
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- Brilliant, brilliant! - That's not bad, is it!
0:16:14 > 0:16:16No. That might pay for my outfit!
0:16:16 > 0:16:18No, it will pay for the hat!
0:16:18 > 0:16:22You know as well as I do, a wedding is so expensive, isn't it?
0:16:22 > 0:16:27- But it will pay for...- I'll tell you what you can do. You could buy the shoes and hire the hat for that!
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Yes, what a brilliant idea!
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Thank you, Paul!
0:16:39 > 0:16:42We see plenty of Steiff bears on the show and they all go,
0:16:42 > 0:16:45but a Steiff with wheels, that's definitely going to go!
0:16:45 > 0:16:47It's about to go under the hammer.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51I've been joined by the gorgeous Zoe, Kate, and, of course,
0:16:51 > 0:16:53mum and grandma - Maureen and Caroline.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57Three generations are going to wave off. What is teddy called?
0:16:57 > 0:17:01- Rupert.- Rupert! They're all going to wave Rupert off!
0:17:01 > 0:17:05We've got £100 to £150, so what are you going to do with the money?
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Hopefully we're going to get loads.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10I'll put it in the building society for my three daughters.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13I think we could do... ooh, £250 hopefully.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Well, there are two other bears in the sale.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20They're just ordinary teddy bears and they've actually got good labels,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22too, so I think that will attract the toy buyers.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25- I think it is in for a good chance. - Right. Good luck, you two.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Good luck, Zoe. It's going under the hammer now.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Lot number ten. We have now the Steiff pull-along bear.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33This is a lovely one.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36What a lovely condition this is in. Isn't that a grand one?
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Rupert is coming on now!
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Well, at least we think he's going!
0:17:40 > 0:17:4120 for him, 80 for him.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Are you £80 madam? £80. £90.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Are you £100?
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Yes, £100 I'm bid then.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51100 for the bear. £110 I am bid now for him.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53£120. £130 now...
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- It's going up, Zoe!- 140. 150, sir.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00£150. And 60, and 170 we have now.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02170 for him. Are you 80?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05180, yes, that's... 190 now.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08180, then, I'm selling bear.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10At £180 then. Thank you very much.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- Yes. Great result! - Well, done!- Yeah!
0:18:13 > 0:18:15- 180!- Rupert has done the business!
0:18:15 > 0:18:17180!
0:18:17 > 0:18:20We're all happy with that, aren't we? Lots of smiles?
0:18:20 > 0:18:25- Yes.- I can share the 80 or 100. - Sorry?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28She'll have the 100. They can share the 80!
0:18:28 > 0:18:32- What a smart cookie!- That is a shrewd business lady down there!
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Right. My turn to be the expert. I've just been joined by Cathy
0:18:42 > 0:18:45and we've got that wonderful "S" scroll training violin,
0:18:45 > 0:18:49it doesn't make a lot of noise, so you can put it with somebody practising
0:18:49 > 0:18:51- and learning their fingering. - Indeed.
0:18:51 > 0:18:56It is a great cause. All the money is going to charity, so tell us a little bit about it.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Well, I have been a volunteer for many years at Grove House in St Albans.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04It is the local day hospice and we treat not only cancer patients,
0:19:04 > 0:19:10but patients with other life-threatening illnesses and we have to raise an awful lot of money
0:19:10 > 0:19:13so anything that we can do, we like to in order to increase the funds.
0:19:13 > 0:19:18- Right. So we need top dollar, right here, right now, don't we, basically?- We'll do our best.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21We'll find out because it's going under the hammer.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23There we are, the training violin.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26I think that one we ought to be looking somewhere in the region
0:19:26 > 0:19:27of £300 for it, surely.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29300, 200 for it.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Yes, at £200 then.
0:19:31 > 0:19:37At £210. Are you 20, 30 now and 240 and 250 is it? At £260...
0:19:37 > 0:19:41and 70 now... 280 and 90. No?
0:19:41 > 0:19:48At £280... then I'm selling at £280.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51- Thank you.- Yes! That's OK, isn't it? - It will do very nicely, thank you.
0:19:51 > 0:19:56- He sold it. Just did it, just, just, just did it.- Mmm-hmm.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06Remember that swivel!
0:20:06 > 0:20:09My word, didn't it go on the end of that Albert watch chain.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11It belongs to James and Irene.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15We're looking for around £300, aren't we? £250 to £350.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Had a chat to the auctioneer and he said it's got to do that.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20The gold is worth that at scrap value.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Unfortunately that is what you judge a lot of these values on,
0:20:23 > 0:20:27because the fob itself, while it is quite nice quality, it is not rare,
0:20:27 > 0:20:31it is not 18th century, it hasn't got a good armorial or anything like that on it,
0:20:31 > 0:20:36so it basically is the gold value and we're riding a bit of a high in gold at the moment.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40- It's selling well. - The right time to sell it.- It's going under the hammer. This is it.
0:20:40 > 0:20:45Very fine quality Albert chain, with the bloodstone swivel fob.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Lot 586. Where do we start for this one?
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Do we start at 200? Thank you.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52- 200, I'm bid there. At 220... - That's a good in.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56240, 260, at 280, £300, 320,
0:20:56 > 0:21:01- 340, 360, 380...- Wow, they love it!
0:21:01 > 0:21:09£400, 420, 450, 480, £500, 520, 520.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11On my right at 520, then.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14You lose it, sir. I'm selling on the right here.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16It's going for £520. Sold.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20Yeah, £520! James, you were standing with your mouth open!
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Good grief!
0:21:23 > 0:21:24- Wow!- That was wonderful!
0:21:24 > 0:21:28Just goes to show, doesn't it? If you've got stuff like this
0:21:28 > 0:21:30lying around, bring it into one of our valuation days.
0:21:30 > 0:21:36We'd love to see you. You can get details on our BBC website or just check details in your local press.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Come on, bring it along!
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Have you ever wondered what is behind the name of the village,
0:21:50 > 0:21:52the town or the city that you live in?
0:21:52 > 0:21:58Well, sometimes the answer can often reveal a fascinating glimpse into the historical events
0:21:58 > 0:22:03that have shaped the place you live in, and St Albans, well, that's definitely no exception.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09During the Roman occupation in the 3rd century AD,
0:22:09 > 0:22:11St Albans was called Verulamium.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14It was the second largest town in the Britain.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19You can still see remnants of the Roman occupation here today.
0:22:19 > 0:22:25The ruins of St Albans' Roman theatre, for example, were unearthed in 1847.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29This was the scene of all sorts of Pagan ceremonies and entertainments
0:22:29 > 0:22:34played out in front of several thousand cheering spectators.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38Now, among the crowd here, some 1800 years ago,
0:22:38 > 0:22:42was a man whose name would go down in history.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44And he was called Alban.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54St Alban was the first Christian martyr in Britain and is venerated
0:22:54 > 0:22:58to this day by the cathedral for his integrity,
0:22:58 > 0:23:00courage and self-sacrifice.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06And someone who knows all about Alban's extraordinary life story
0:23:06 > 0:23:10is Jeffrey John, the Dean of St Albans Cathedral.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14So, tell me about this extraordinary man, Alban?
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Well, Alban was a citizen of Verulamium,
0:23:16 > 0:23:22that is the Roman city that is down the hill from the cathedral.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25It was one of the biggest of the Roman cities.
0:23:25 > 0:23:31Alban lived around about the middle of the third century, about 250 AD,
0:23:31 > 0:23:36and it was a time when the Christian faith
0:23:36 > 0:23:38fell in and out of favour with the empire.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43It all rather depended on the whim of the emperor whether Christianity was legal or not.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Alban himself was not a Christian, he was a Pagan.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52He would have worshipped the old Roman gods and sacrificed to the Emperor as citizens had to do,
0:23:52 > 0:23:55but the important thing is
0:23:55 > 0:24:00that he befriended a Christian priest at a time when Christianity
0:24:00 > 0:24:06was out of favour and when a time of serious persecution came, he took him into his house,
0:24:06 > 0:24:09he hid him from the authorities. This is despite the fact
0:24:09 > 0:24:14that he wasn't Christian himself, but he must have been impressed by this priest,
0:24:14 > 0:24:18and began to learn a little bit about Jesus and about the Christian faith.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22But of course the day came when the Roman soldiers were looking for him,
0:24:22 > 0:24:27came to the house and Alban protected the priest by changing clothes with him.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Because Alban was a citizen, he had a special cloak.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33The priest, by taking the cloak, would have been able to pass
0:24:33 > 0:24:37through the guards, through the city walls and escape, which he did.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Alban took the priest's garb, so he was wearing a priest's cloak
0:24:40 > 0:24:46and when the soldiers came they therefore arrested Alban as the priest, so he took his place.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Incredibly brave, deeply Christian thing to do.
0:24:51 > 0:24:57So Alban was taken to the Roman forum, put on trial and asked his name and religion.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01He replied, "My name is Alban and I'm Christian".
0:25:01 > 0:25:04This was enough to incriminate him and he was taken to be beheaded
0:25:04 > 0:25:08on the site of where the cathedral stands today.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Legend tells us that spring water miraculously
0:25:14 > 0:25:22popped up out of nowhere and began to refresh Alban right at the moment of his death, and on seeing this,
0:25:22 > 0:25:28his executioner refused to carry out the deed and converted to the faith, there and then.
0:25:28 > 0:25:33He was also beheaded and became Britain's second martyr.
0:25:33 > 0:25:38His replacement, another executioner who did carry out the execution
0:25:38 > 0:25:44on Alban, is said to have gone blind shortly after, his eyes
0:25:44 > 0:25:48literally fell out. Now that is an incredible story.
0:25:58 > 0:26:04Do you think we can witness the same sort of courage today, Jeffrey?
0:26:04 > 0:26:08- Well, there's an answer here, I think. Here we've got a...- Gosh! Brightly coloured!
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- They are, yes.- They would have been, wouldn't they?
0:26:11 > 0:26:16Yes. The Medieval statues would have been very brightly coloured. These are very modern ones.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21These were made by our young people here at the abbey. They're actually made of papier mache.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- Very clever, very lightweight. - Yes, they are!
0:26:24 > 0:26:28Yes, they were made by a group of our young people for our pilgrimage
0:26:28 > 0:26:30and they represent modern martyrs.
0:26:30 > 0:26:35We've got Alban in the middle there, with St Amphibalus, the priest
0:26:35 > 0:26:39that he rescued on his left, but all the others are 20th century martyrs.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43- I can recognise one - that's Martin Luther King. - That's Martin Luther King, yes.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47Then on Amphibalus's left here, we have Manche Masemola.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50She is a South African martyr, a young girl
0:26:50 > 0:26:56who was converted to Christianity but very much against the wishes of her family and very tragically
0:26:56 > 0:27:00her martyrdom, her death, was arranged by her own parents.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04She was stoned to death in the Transvaal, that was about 1928.
0:27:04 > 0:27:09And then more famously, I think, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, right at the end,
0:27:09 > 0:27:14of course, was martyred under the Nazis in 1945, just right at the end of the War.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- It looks like St Alban is in good company today!- Absolutely!
0:27:20 > 0:27:25I wonder how many people today know the remarkable tale of heroism attached to the city of St Albans.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Or that their home town's name commemorates a man
0:27:28 > 0:27:32who was prepared to give his life for what he believed in.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38St Alban is buried in the tomb behind me, and as you can see,
0:27:38 > 0:27:41the stonemason's work is absolutely incredible.
0:27:41 > 0:27:47His shrine really is the centrepiece of the cathedral, and for nearly two millennia, thousands of Christians
0:27:47 > 0:27:51have made the pilgrimage to his final resting place.
0:27:59 > 0:28:04Back in St Alban's town hall, Kate has found something for a sweet tooth.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Lynne, I would call this a pretty, smart silver sugar caster.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09But I doubt you use it, do you?
0:28:09 > 0:28:11No, not at all. It's kept in the cupboard.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13- Is it?- Yes.- Stashed away? - Yes, it certainly is.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Where did it come from?
0:28:15 > 0:28:21It was actually a wedding anniversary present for my parents for their 25th wedding anniversary.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23OK. So how long ago was that?
0:28:23 > 0:28:26- Mid '80s, I think that was. - OK. Right. So, do you like it?
0:28:26 > 0:28:33Yes, I like it, but it's not, sort of like, to my taste to actually have out on display.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37Well, the sad thing is, they're just not very practical, these days.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40People don't need sugar casters really. I know in the States
0:28:40 > 0:28:42they sprinkle on their doughnuts,
0:28:42 > 0:28:44but today, we don't use them in this country at all.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47- No, no.- I have to say, the design
0:28:47 > 0:28:52dates from right back to the mid 18th century, to about 1760,
0:28:52 > 0:28:55the Georgian period, when things, of course,
0:28:55 > 0:28:58would have been used at the table
0:28:58 > 0:29:02in a pretty well-to-do household in the dining room and would have
0:29:02 > 0:29:05been a very normal accoutrement to have on the dining table.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08It's what I call a baluster shape,
0:29:08 > 0:29:13obviously with this pierced lid here, which comes off.
0:29:15 > 0:29:16There we go.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20So we've got the hallmark just here, as you would expect, on the side,
0:29:20 > 0:29:24dated for London 1894 and these initials here,
0:29:24 > 0:29:30G M, stand for G M Jackson, who is the silversmith, quite well known,
0:29:30 > 0:29:33but the date, I just told you, is 1894.
0:29:33 > 0:29:34So, it is a Victorian piece,
0:29:34 > 0:29:38although the design goes right back to the Georgian period.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42- Oh, right!- So, I am afraid the good news is if it was Georgian,
0:29:42 > 0:29:45it would be about to £600 to £800 at auction.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47The bad news is that it is Victorian,
0:29:47 > 0:29:51- and, if you like, it is in the Georgian style.- Yes.
0:29:51 > 0:29:58- And as it is, it is worth £60 to £90. - Right. I won't moan at that.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- If you're not using it...- Yes. - ..it's going to be a bonus.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05- That's right, yes.- So you're not worried about getting rid of it?
0:30:05 > 0:30:07- Not at all. - Pleased to see the back of it?
0:30:07 > 0:30:11- Yep!- Well, thank you very much for bringing it along.- Thank you. Thanks.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28- Hello, Neil.- Hello. - One of my favourite items.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Now, Geoffrey Baxter for Whitefriars, this Banjo vase.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Tell me about it. Where did you get it from?
0:30:33 > 0:30:37Well, I used to work in a department store up in Oxford Street,
0:30:37 > 0:30:41and Whitefriars were clearing out a warehouse,
0:30:41 > 0:30:44and they found a load of vases,
0:30:44 > 0:30:49and they were selling them for 15 shillings or 75 pence.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53- 75 pence?- And it didn't matter whether it was a large vase like that
0:30:53 > 0:30:56or one of the small Whitefriars' vases.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00- So you bought it for 75p? - Yes, I bought it for 75 pence,
0:31:00 > 0:31:03and in fact, on the first day of clearance,
0:31:03 > 0:31:06only about half a dozen vases went out on display.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08They were bought by the staff, weren't they?
0:31:08 > 0:31:13- Most of the staff bought them for wedding presents. - Of course, at that sort of price!
0:31:13 > 0:31:14- It's amazing, isn't it?- Indeed.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17And you've had it on display, have you, at home?
0:31:17 > 0:31:19- Yes, but it's been at my parents' house.- Oh, right.
0:31:19 > 0:31:25And my dad's not very well, so basically we would like to buy him something with it.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28To cheer him up? Oh, wonderful!
0:31:28 > 0:31:31Well, I hope we can, because I don't...
0:31:31 > 0:31:34We can certainly turn 75p into a bit of a profit,
0:31:34 > 0:31:37because this particular shape vase - the Banjo vase -
0:31:37 > 0:31:41comes, of course, in 12 different colourways,
0:31:41 > 0:31:45and depending on the colour, depends on the value, really.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48Those striking ones, all the rare colours that were tried,
0:31:48 > 0:31:52but weren't commercial, weren't produced so much.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56This is the willow pattern, which isn't the more sought after design.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58- Oh, no, but for 15 shillings... - For 15 shillings...
0:31:58 > 0:32:00You had not much choice, really.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02No, no, but it's fantastic,
0:32:02 > 0:32:06and we've done a lot of Whitefriars on the show, so we all know how it was made.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Now, we know it was by Geoffrey Baxter,
0:32:08 > 0:32:13but it still remains quite popular, although the prices have become more realistic
0:32:13 > 0:32:16than they were two or three years ago, so my estimate
0:32:16 > 0:32:21- on this would be somewhere around £500 to £700.- That would be fine!
0:32:21 > 0:32:24- So quite a lot more than the 75p! - Indeed! - Which is really good news...
0:32:24 > 0:32:29and we'll put the reserve at £500, with 10% discretion,
0:32:29 > 0:32:35but I think, you know, we'll have... Hopefully, they'll be a few other bits of Whitefriars in the sale
0:32:35 > 0:32:39- and that will rub together and we'll get a good price.- Let's hope so.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42- And you're happy to Flog It now? - Yes, indeed.- Wonderful!
0:32:42 > 0:32:45- I look forward to seeing you at the auction.- Thank you.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59Denise, what a splendid piggy wig! Isn't he great!
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Yes, he's lovely. Always loved him.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03- Do you feel quite attached to him? - Well, I do, really.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07He belonged to my husband's nana, and he used to sit on her hearth,
0:33:07 > 0:33:13and when she passed away, it was the first thing I said, could I have?
0:33:13 > 0:33:15What can you tell me about the manufacturer of him?
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Do you know what factory he is?
0:33:18 > 0:33:21- He's Wemyss, which is a Scottish factory.- That's right.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23And I know they closed in the 1930s.
0:33:23 > 0:33:30- The factory was in Fife, in Scotland, named after Wemyss Castle and the family who lived there.- Oh, right!
0:33:30 > 0:33:32So it wasn't the manufacturer, then?
0:33:32 > 0:33:36- No.- Ah!- And if we just have a look underneath,
0:33:36 > 0:33:39I'm just looking for the all important mark,
0:33:39 > 0:33:42and there we go, so we've got the standard mark here,
0:33:42 > 0:33:45impressed on the base, and that helps us to date it as well.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48We've got Wemyss Ware there.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50I would say he's roughly sort of circa 1900.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52- Oh, right! - Perhaps a little bit later.
0:33:52 > 0:33:58The factory started in 1880, but in 1883, a very important man joined.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02His name was Karel Nekola. He was actually a Bohemian designer,
0:34:02 > 0:34:07and he brought to the factory a very distinctive hand-painted style,
0:34:07 > 0:34:10which is what you normally associate with Wemyss,
0:34:10 > 0:34:13and instead of this sort of lime green glaze,
0:34:13 > 0:34:17he hand-decorated useful and ornamental wares
0:34:17 > 0:34:21with big cabbage roses, with animals...
0:34:21 > 0:34:24The most sought after of his designs are cockerels and hens...
0:34:24 > 0:34:28- I didn't know that!- Or ducks amongst reeds, which he hand-painted.
0:34:28 > 0:34:34I have to say, the hand-decorated wares are more commercial. They're a little bit prettier,
0:34:34 > 0:34:38- and I have noticed, sadly, he's lost his tail! - Yes, he's missing his tail!
0:34:38 > 0:34:43- Did that happen when he came to you? - No. He was always like that.- Right.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45And I guess it was because he was against the hearth.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47So what about value?
0:34:47 > 0:34:52You've always been attached to him, you say. What about monetary value?
0:34:52 > 0:34:54I've always thought he was collectable,
0:34:54 > 0:34:57but I've never really known how much he was worth,
0:34:57 > 0:34:59because he is a plain glaze.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02I know the ones that are painted are more valuable,
0:35:02 > 0:35:05- so that's why I brought him along today.- OK.
0:35:05 > 0:35:11- I can see a collector paying £400 to £600 for him...- Really!
0:35:11 > 0:35:12..certainly at auction.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15- Would it be all right to put a reserve on?- Certainly. Yes.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18- I would suggest a reserve at the bottom level, so at £400.- Right.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22- OK.- I certainly hope he would fetch that.- Yes, I would as well.
0:35:22 > 0:35:23Will you be sad to see him go?
0:35:23 > 0:35:28I will, in a way, but then my husband has just retired and we're
0:35:28 > 0:35:32planning on spreading our wings, so we don't want to take a pig with us!
0:35:35 > 0:35:40Let's just remind ourselves of what we've got before we head off to the sale room.
0:35:41 > 0:35:46Lynne's glad to be rid of her sugar shaker, so let's hope it spreads sweetness in the auction today!
0:35:49 > 0:35:52Well done, Neil! What a buy!
0:35:52 > 0:35:57I don't think we'll have any problem making a profit out of your 75p!
0:35:57 > 0:36:02And if pigs had wings, Denise's should fly right out of the auction room!
0:36:12 > 0:36:17So, it's back to the auction room where Steven Hearn is on the rostrum.
0:36:21 > 0:36:27Denise's Wemyss pig. Now, Kate's put a valuation on this at £400 to £600.
0:36:27 > 0:36:33- Well, that's a fair valuation for a pig without a tail, isn't it!- Mmm.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37He is an old pig. If we turn him over, belly up as they say,
0:36:37 > 0:36:41you can see underneath, he's got a good impressed crescent mark on there.
0:36:41 > 0:36:48- Yes.- Which is going to put him as one of the earlier piggies, and he is probably going to be 1885, 1890.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Another good sign of these older pigs is the furrowing
0:36:51 > 0:36:56or the wrinkles on his snout and his face.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00You know they do say, Paul, the more wrinkles you get, that dates you, you know!
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Ha ha ha! Well, I'm getting a few!
0:37:03 > 0:37:07Well, there you go. Say no more about the pig and the wrinkles,
0:37:07 > 0:37:09but price wise, I think it's...
0:37:09 > 0:37:14- I think he'll go beyond the estimate. - Yes, he's got to, hasn't he?
0:37:14 > 0:37:16It's a great name, the condition is there.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18As you say, the tail's missing.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22- If we had the tail, you'd be looking at £800 to £1,000. - Well, there you are!
0:37:31 > 0:37:35Right, it's time to put the Victorian sugar caster under the hammer,
0:37:35 > 0:37:38and we've got £90 hopefully, top end... £60 to £90 on this.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40- It's good to see you, Lynne. - Thank you.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42- Who is this you?- This is Katie.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45Hello, Katie. We've got our expert Kate here,
0:37:45 > 0:37:47who fell in love with this. You like this.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50Yeah. It's a Georgian design, and of course, it's Victorian.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53Silver... It's not the most commercial item in the world,
0:37:53 > 0:37:55but it should sell well!
0:37:55 > 0:38:00It's just about to go under the hammer, Katie. Not really bothered!
0:38:00 > 0:38:01Anyway, this is it.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05There you are, lot 629, the sugar caster.
0:38:05 > 0:38:071894. Victorian one.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09£80 for it. 50 I'm bid for it.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12Five, 60, five, 70, five, 80...
0:38:12 > 0:38:14- Brilliant! - Five, 90...- Fantastic!
0:38:14 > 0:38:19- Five, 100, surely.- Excellent! - At £100...and five now. No?
0:38:19 > 0:38:20Sir's got it then, for £100.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24I'm selling to sir for £100, then.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28- Sweet!- Brilliant!- Perfect!- £100! - Top of the estimate.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31Perfect! What do you think, Katie?
0:38:31 > 0:38:33£100!
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Oh, it's still gone right over her head, hasn't it!
0:38:36 > 0:38:38- That was a great result. - Yes, that was brilliant!
0:38:51 > 0:38:54My mum's got one of these at home - a Banjo Whitefriars vase.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56She'll be interested to know.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59She's got the same colourway. This one goes under the hammer.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01It doesn't belong to my mum, but to Neil.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03We've got £500 to £700 on this, Mark.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06- Yes, we should... - I think we're going to get that.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08We should do, should do.
0:39:08 > 0:39:09- Happy with that?- I am indeed!
0:39:09 > 0:39:12He should be, cos he only paid 75p for it, didn't you?
0:39:12 > 0:39:17- I did indeed!- If we get £700, what would you put the money towards?
0:39:17 > 0:39:19Well, hopefully towards my dad's...
0:39:19 > 0:39:22helping him towards some of his care at home.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Well, it's about to go under the hammer right now!
0:39:25 > 0:39:28Right. Here's another good piece of Whitefriars. There you are.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31Nice Banjo, in willow. What do we say for this one?
0:39:31 > 0:39:35Are we going to get around £600 for this one? £600?
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Are we £400? £300 bid, thank you.
0:39:37 > 0:39:42320 I have it now. At 350 and 80, 400, three of you, 420...
0:39:42 > 0:39:46- Good!- Are you 80? 480 now.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49- Come on!- 480 I'm bid for it. 480.
0:39:49 > 0:39:55500 I'm bid, 520, sir, and 550 there. 58... 50 in the corner.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58580, yes? 600 we've got it.
0:39:58 > 0:40:03As 620 now. 620, 650, 680 now.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06At £680 then, you're out in the room.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10I'm selling away from you then at £680, then. Thank you.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14£680! We're gonna settle for that!
0:40:14 > 0:40:16- I think you are, Neil! - Yes, I am indeed.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Better than 75 pence, isn't it?
0:40:18 > 0:40:20It is, indeed! It's a good profit.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Right. What's next? Off to market?
0:40:37 > 0:40:40Yes, you've guessed it, the Wemyss pig, which belongs to Denise.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42- Hello, Denise!- Hi. - Who have you brought?
0:40:42 > 0:40:45- This is my son George. - George, pleased to meet you.- Hi.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48- I gather all the proceeds are going to George's...- Driving...
0:40:48 > 0:40:51- Driving lessons. - How many have you had so far?
0:40:51 > 0:40:54None so far. I'm waiting until summer, cos I've got my exams.
0:40:54 > 0:41:00Oh, OK. OK. So this Wemyss pig should do...should do £400 to £600!
0:41:00 > 0:41:04- Kate, you fell in love with it. - I'm hoping!- It will!- Even with the missing tail?- He's off to market.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08This is it. Ready? He's hot to trot. It's going under the hammer.
0:41:08 > 0:41:13Right. Now we change direction, and we start off with the Wemyss pig.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15There he is. Lost his tail.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19What shall we say for him? Are we going to start him off at £500?
0:41:19 > 0:41:23500, 400 for him? Yes. 400. That's it. I thought you would like that.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26- 400 is bid for him, then. - Straight in!- At £400.
0:41:26 > 0:41:33420 we're bid, at 450, 480, 500, £520, 530...
0:41:33 > 0:41:37- That's good!- Yeah.- That's very good! - 580, 600...
0:41:37 > 0:41:40We've got somebody on the phone, that means they're keen!
0:41:40 > 0:41:44680 is it for him? 680, 700 we're bid, 720...
0:41:44 > 0:41:48- Oooh!- 720 and 750, I have it. 780, yeah...
0:41:48 > 0:41:52- This could be a new car as well! - At 750 for him. 780.
0:41:52 > 0:42:00800 bid. Are you going to bid 20? 820, 850, 880 now, £900.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03Gosh! Could we do that magic thousand?
0:42:03 > 0:42:08920. 950. Is he 980? Let's get where we should have started.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12- £1,000.- Yeah! - 1,000 I'm bid for him. £1020 now?
0:42:12 > 0:42:16Yes? No. £1,000 then for pig.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20- £1020.- Oh! - We have a new bidder at £1,020.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24The new bid against it, there you go, just one bid takes it.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28He's going then at £1,020, then.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32- £1,020, yes, bang, under the hammer! - Oh, that's brilliant!
0:42:32 > 0:42:35- George and Denise, what do you think of that?- That's fabulous!
0:42:35 > 0:42:39- Oh, I'm really, really pleased! - You're pleased!- I'm just ecstatic!
0:42:39 > 0:42:41A group of lessons.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45If you pass first time, well, there's probably £500 left
0:42:45 > 0:42:46in the kitty to put towards a car.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49That's definitely going towards a car, then!
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Oh, what a kind mum! Give your mum a big hug!
0:42:51 > 0:42:54Yeah, thanks, Mum, for the new car as well!
0:42:54 > 0:42:58- "Thanks, Mum!" "Thanks, Mum!" - And maybe some new clothes?
0:42:58 > 0:43:02That's what I call a great mum. I mean, what a great result as well.
0:43:02 > 0:43:03That is double what I thought.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06I thought we might top the top of my estimate,
0:43:06 > 0:43:08but with the damage, that's a very good price.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12- I'm really pleased!- Right. I think that's great!- That's brilliant!
0:43:12 > 0:43:15George got his driving lessons, we've had a brilliant day in Tring.
0:43:15 > 0:43:20I hope you've enjoyed the show. Join us next time for plenty more surprises on Flog It.
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