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Today, Flog It has come to St Albans,

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a city rich in cultural heritage, with Roman ruins,

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a magnificent medieval cathedral

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and lots of fascinating buildings and architecture.

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We're standing outside the superb 19th century town hall

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which has recently undergone a total refurbishment and facelift.

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The iconic frontage certainly does look the part

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with the splendid portico entrance

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and the wonderful ionic columns above it,

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but it looks even better

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with this massive great big Flog It! queue standing outside in front.

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Who knows what treasures we'll find in all those bags and boxes?

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Well, it's time to get everyone inside the town hall,

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which used to double as a courthouse

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and still retains the old courtroom...

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Which is really handy because today on trial

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will be the valuation skills of our two experts,

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Kate Bliss and Mark Stacey, who swear the tell the truth,

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the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

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Judging by the numbers packed into the hall,

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they've got a lot of evidence to sift through.

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First into the dock is Margaret, who has called up an unusually exhibit.

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-Margaret, hello.

-Hello, Mark.

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Here we are in the middle of Hertfordshire,

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and we're looking at a lovely pair of items that have come

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from far, far away from here, far more eastern.

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They're Russian, of course. Now, where did they come from?

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They came from my father's side of the family.

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They came through... He was known as Uncle Sam, and he was

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my grandmother's uncle and he had businesses in Moscow.

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Whenever he came home,

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he always brought presents and things from there.

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When I was growing up,

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-they were always on the sideboard with salt in them.

-Of course.

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And they are salt cellars. And it wasn't until I was nearly a teenager

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my mother was told if we kept salt in them, it would corrode them.

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So she packed them away and that was it.

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They're gorgeous but they're very small, so it's not easy

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to display them so we can enjoy them.

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I think with objects like this, when they're so, so beautiful

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and such beautiful workmanship, they really do deserve

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to be in a collection with other pieces like it.

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If we have a little look at this one, what we've actually got is

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a Russian kovsh shape, K-O-V-S-H,

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that's an old, antique Russian drinking vessel.

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And it refers to their shape.

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We've got silver bases and then a champ-leve enamel,

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all this wonderful enamel all over them.

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It's even shaded it in various colours.

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Underneath, we've got the Russian mark for 1890 to 1917,

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so they're pre-Revolution.

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Also, if that wasn't charming enough,

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we've got these lovely little spoons that go with them.

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-They're gorgeous.

-Aren't they divine? They are lovely pieces.

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You're quite right also about not keeping salt in them.

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This is why often interiors like this

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are gilded or have a glass liner.

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-Would they have been gilded or had a glass liner?

-No, I don't think so.

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I think, even if they had been gilded and they'd been rubbed,

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there would have been traces of it.

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-Right.

-Having said that, they're lovely objects,

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and the Russian market is quite hot at the moment,

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which is a good thing.

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I think we should put them in with a sensible estimate of £400 - £600

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with a £400 fixed reserve, so we don't sell them for a penny under.

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-Right.

-I'm hoping that there'll be two or three Russians

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who discover them through the internet.

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But there are specialist dealers as well.

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But I suppose from our point of view,

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what we want is somebody to want them.

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That's right! As I say I grew up with them on the sideboard,

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and we all enjoyed them as a family.

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That's a nice memory.

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-It is. And I think there'll be a lot of interest at the sale.

-Good.

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Angela, we have the odd sampler that comes to Flog It!,

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but I have to say I haven't seen one as detailed as this for a long time.

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Is needlework something that you're interested in?

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It is, although I can't do anything this good.

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Yes, I do a bit of dressmaking and that sort of thing.

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Where did this particular sampler come from?

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I joined a yoga class and I mentioned that I had been

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looking for a sampler, and a woman in my class said she had a couple,

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so I went to her house to have a look.

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And I bought one, which is a bit older than this,

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and I'm keeping that one because I really like that one.

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I went away without this one, got home and thought, "Well,

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"the work's so fine, maybe I should buy the other one as well."

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So I went back the following week and bought this one.

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Right. So how long ago was that?

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About six months ago.

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-OK. So fairly recently.

-Yes.

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-So why have you brought it along today? Do you want to sell it?

-I do.

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As you can see, it's a hunting scene, and that rankles with me a bit.

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That's why I want to sell it.

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-It's the subject, really.

-Yes.

-I think it's super.

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We've obviously gentlemen shooting,

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they could be a flock of ducks or geese they're shooting at.

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And we've got the dogs here collecting the birds

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down the bottom here.

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And the landscape and the subject is worked in so much detail, isn't it?

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-Yes, yes.

-It's silk work of course rather than wool work,

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so you get that much finer stitch,

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and, of course, the moth loves silk work.

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But this appears to have escaped the moth's munching for now.

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-It does.

-But I have to say, unfortunately, the downside

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of it is that the colours have faded hugely, haven't they?

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Yes, they have. I can imagine it was quite vibrant when it was first done.

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Yes, exactly, particularly the landscape

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has gone very dull brown and green.

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I think this would have been vivid greens and blues, perhaps even red

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here that you can see on the gentlemen's jacket.

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And you can see we've got some water damage here as well,

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where the colours have just bleached out onto the canvas.

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But perhaps the most significant point is that it's signed,

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-"Martha Wheeler's work, aged 13."

-I know. It's incredible, isn't it?

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Isn't it just? When you step back and think about that,

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a 13-year-old girl working that. That's what I like about it.

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Not only do you have this work of art,

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but you have a little glimpse into social history.

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Who was Martha Wheeler and where did she live?

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What was she doing when she did this?

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So what about value, Angela?

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Let me ask you, if I dare, how much did you pay for it?

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I paid £120.

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OK. If it was in what I call good condition and the colours

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were fairly vibrant, I would say you would certainly be talking

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about several hundred pounds.

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-Right.

-In this condition, I'm going to be a bit mean and say at auction

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probably anything from £50 to £100.

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I'd hope on a good day you might get your money back, but I'm gonna be

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a little bit cautious because the colours are very, very dulled.

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But would you be happy with that?

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Yes, I'd like to give it a try.

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-You're not keen on this shooting, are you?

-No!

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Maybe if we can get you a good price, you can buy you another one.

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-That's what I was thinking, yeah.

-Well, we'll do our best for you.

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OK. Lovely. Thank you.

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Bill, you've watched Flog It! many times, haven't you?

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Yes, many a time.

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And I can see straight away you're a fan of Flog It!

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You've brought in William De Morgan tiles.

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I have done quite a few William De Morgan tiles before,

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but they've been more of the classical iconic ones

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you'd expect De Morgan to have, with the mythical beasts,

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the dragons, the Viking boats with the slight red lustre to them.

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But these are quite unusual,

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and they are so typical of the Arts and Crafts movement.

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So tell me the story. How did you come across them?

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They were found under a floor in an empty house.

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-In an empty house?

-Yes. I was working on it as a builder.

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We had to clear out the floor space.

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Great. So you're a builder

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-and you were in the right place at the right time?

-Yes. 40 years ago.

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-What have you done with them?

-They've been in coffee tables.

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You built a coffee table and set them in it in a panel?

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-More than one coffee table.

-More than one? What, three...?

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We just changed coffee table styles.

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So where is your coffee table now?

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Gone, gone. We finally bought one.

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You actually bought...

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Oh, I like the DIY ones best.

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Let's have a look at the back. Yes, look, there you go.

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You can just see it, "Merton Abbey".

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And we're looking at about 1892 to 1897.

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And William De Morgan,

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the godfather of the Arts and Crafts movement

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along with William Morris, really.

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And you're going to see this design on a lot of fabrics as well.

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This one, sadly... Did you find it like this?

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-No, it broke some years ago. In your coffee table days?

-Yes, probably.

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Interestingly enough, you can just make out the DM - De Morgan.

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I think they're absolutely divine, I really do.

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Have you any idea of their value?

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No, not really, only having seen your programmes recently.

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As I said earlier, not the iconic William De Morgan tile

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that everybody is fighting for.

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-That's right.

-But nevertheless they have their virtues.

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I can see this one being restored

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and it will make quite a nice panel, won't it?

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They're lovely, they really are lovely.

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A little bit of arts and crafts history.

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And I think, safely, we could put them into auction with a value

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of £200 - £300 for the set.

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-Lovely. Yeah.

-So, shall we flog them?

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-Yes, certainly.

-Why do you want to flog them?

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We need a new patio out the back. I'm doing it myself, so...

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Of course you are!

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-You see, you've got all the practical skills.

-That's right.

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Lynn and Elizabeth, you're best friends, aren't you?

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We've been friends for a very long.

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-How long?

-Since we were 16.

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When we were at school.

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So you know each other's tastes very well, I should imagine?

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Sort of, yes, we do.

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Who does this beautiful vase belong to?

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It actually belongs to my mother, who is a very old lady.

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-She's going to be 94.

-Is she really?

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And it's always been in my parents' home,

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but it wasn't given a specially prominent place.

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Where did your mother keep it in the house?

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-She kept it underneath the coffee table.

-On the floor?!

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I think it was on the floor,

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you could see it when you sat on the sofa.

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What can you tell me about it? Do you like it, first of all?

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I think it's very pretty,

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but it's not something I would have in my house, I don't think.

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-It's very, very nice.

-And do you know who manufactured it?

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I know it's a Lalique,

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and it's written on the back that it's Lalique.

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OK. The name of the design -

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and Lalique usually gave his pieces design names - is called Malherbe,

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which in French I'm sure translates into this type of leaf.

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And the geometrical pattern of it, the way the design

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is integral to the vase, is typical of the natural forms

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that are used in the 1920s and '30s.

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And then we've got what's called blue patination.

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So this is a staining put on top of the actual glass

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to give it this lovely blue colour and tone.

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-It looks much nicer since I gave it a good wash.

-Does it?

-Yes, it does.

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Well, you have to be a bit careful about washing this too vigorously,

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because this patination may come off, with too much scrubbing.

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No, I was careful.

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Let's have a little look at the mark on the bottom.

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That told you it was Lalique.

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We have a stencilled mark there.

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R Lalique.

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That also helps to us date it

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because after 1945 when Lalique died,

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all genuine pieces are just marked Lalique,

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they don't have his initial R,

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so we know this is pre-1945 just from that.

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And we've a lovely little retailer's label here, made in France,

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which is super, which is probably an original one or close to it.

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-Amazing how that survived.

-Isn't it just? From the '20s.

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I think it's a super piece. I would love to own it myself,

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and there are hundreds of people out there who would feel the same.

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What about value, have you any idea?

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I have no idea at all what it's worth.

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What do you think, Elizabeth?

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-£500 or so?

-Well, I don't think you're far off at all.

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I'm going to be slightly conservative,

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although the market is very buoyant for this sort of thing.

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I'm going to say £300 - £500 at auction.

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But I wouldn't be surprised if we made the top estimate

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and a little bit more.

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I'd like you to have a nice surprise rather than a nasty one.

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So if you're happy with that,

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I think we ought to certainly set a reserve at the lower end

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of the estimate, so the very minimum would be £300,

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and we should be able to realise that very easily, I think.

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-Right, right.

-And will you be able to come to the auction?

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I won't be able to come to the auction. I shall be in Costa Rica.

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Will you? Lucky thing!

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So my friend Elizabeth is going to come,

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and she's quite used to auctions, aren't you?

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Yes, I've been to a number of auctions.

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So you know what happens. Great.

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I'm sure Elizabeth and I will keep a very careful eye on it for you.

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That'll be nice.

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Well, what a variety of items we're seeing here today!

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Right now, it's time for our first visit to the saleroom.

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Let's put those valuations to the test.

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These little Russian suits are exquisite,

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such an unusual item is not going to go unnoticed.

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Despite the fading, I still think the bidders will be prepared

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to take a pop at Angela's little sampler.

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And found under the floorboards, Bill's William De Morgan's tiles.

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All we need to do now is find the right buyer.

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I've got a feeling they'll be forming a long queue

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for Lynn's lovely Lalique vase.

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It's a real stunner.

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For today's sale, we have come to Tring and our venue

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is a Flog It! favourite, Tring Market Auctions.

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We're in the experienced hands of local auctioneer, Stephen Hearn

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who's been working this patch for well over 40 years.

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Very nice, for £70.

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I love this, this is one of my favourite lots.

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I think it's special. Belongs to Angela.

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Not for much longer with £50 to £100 riding on this as an estimate

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-put on by Kate.

-Oh.

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Angela paid £120 for this about six months ago.

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And I thought that was a fantastic buy.

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It's quality, isn't it? An accomplished needlecraft there.

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You'd be at the age of 13, if you took this up at the age of eight.

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Is she portraying a memory of the autumn? A shooting party.

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I think this is worth somewhere in the region to £300 to £400.

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That's what I'd like to see that for sale for.

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It would be nice to achieve £300 to £400.

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I think probably the fading among the work

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may hold it just under the £300. I hope I'm wrong.

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You still think around £300?

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I still think it could quite easily get around £300.

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Well, all said and done, I think it's up to you

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to weave your magic on the rostrum, don't you?

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Oh dear, the magic.

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Get the wand out.

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I'm sure Stephan will be able to charm the bidders.

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First under the hammer - something small that put a spell on Mark.

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Russian salts that belong to Margaret.

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We've got £400 to £600 put on these by our expert, Mark,

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who has just joined us here.

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I love that cross, did that come from the same place?

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It did.

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Spotted that?

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Yes, it's lovely, isn't it?

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Turquoise is associated with Russia as well.

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The salts are fantastic quality.

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Pre-Revolution, of course. And the Russian market is very strong.

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So we should do very well with them.

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They're going under the hammer.

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Let's hope they find a good home with a collector.

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Now we have the rather interesting Russian silver with enamel.

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The table salts and the spoons, lot number 531.

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I think we ought to be looking for £500 to £600 for them.

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£300 for them. Yes, £300 is bid then.

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£300, £320, £350 I'm bid on them.

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£380, are you 400 now? At £380.

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£400 bid, at £400, if there's no further bid.

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At £400 then.

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£400, we had a fixed reserve.

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-Just got them away.

-Yes, sold for £400.

-That's OK.

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-We've sold them, haven't we?

-It's fine.

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I'd have liked £500, actually, I'd have to say.

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I just hope they've gone to a good home.

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I think they will. The other thing with Russian things,

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we all think of just a handful of names. One of them is Faberge.

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And of course, if they were Faberge, we'd add another nought.

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Exactly. Nevertheless, £400, what will you put that towards?

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My youngest daughter has a dog,

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and she'd to have a very expensive operation not so very long ago.

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So we're going to put the money towards....

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Vet's fees.

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-OK.

-A good cause.

-A very good cause.

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We all love our doggies.

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OK, it's Angela's needlework sampler.

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-You look absolutely stunning.

-Thank you.

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You look like a woman who really appreciates and loves her textiles.

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I really don't understand why you're selling this.

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I know it's the hunting scene.

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But it's so beautiful, I know you loved it.

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We've got £50 to £100 on this.

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You paid £120. You'll settle for £120, will you, quite easily?

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-Yes.

-I had a chat with the auctioneer before the sale

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and we both thought you had a really good buy at £120.

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-Do you think so?

-Yes, I'd pay £120 any day of the week.

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I know it's a bit faded but I just think so special.

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It is, it's beautifully done. It's very faded though.

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Just think what it would have been like when it was first done.

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We should have kept it. But it's going under the hammer right now.

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Isn't that a good needlework?

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There it is. Typical of the period.

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What about £150 for it? £100.

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£50, £70, £80, are you 90, sir?

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90 I'm bid. £90, 100 to bid.

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110, I have, 120, are you 30?

0:19:150:19:19

140, 150, 160,

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at 180, no. £170,

0:19:220:19:25

And 80 now? 80 is it, I'm selling, £170!

0:19:250:19:30

No further bid, it's down for £170.

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Hammer's gone down. You're right, Kate.

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A bit of damage put them off.

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-Nevertheless, top end, and a bit more. Happy with that?

-Yes.

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Got your money back.

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That's quite hard to do in auctions.

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Even though you pay your commission on that,

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you still got a bit more than what you paid for it.

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It was a jolly good buy.

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What are you going to do with it?

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-With?

-The money.

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I'm going to put it towards another one, but with a picture I like more.

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-No hunting scenes.

-A garden scene, maybe.

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-Because you're a gardener.

-Yes.

-Good luck.

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It's my turn to be the expert and we've got something

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for the serious collector, something for purists.

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Three William De Morgan tiles.

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Buy two, get one free. It is bust, but we can fix that anyway.

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Great story. Found while working in an empty house,

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they've been a coffee table!

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-Long time, long time.

-Sad moment?

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Er... Yes and no, things change. Styles change.

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You can't ever see yourself in a few years' time

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going out and buying any more William De Morgan tiles?

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No. I have actually gone purist, Shaker,

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-mostly reproduction, I'm afraid.

-I was gonna say, before you said that,

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still following the same principles though.

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Art made by man, not made by machine.

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Then you go for the reproduction. So they are...

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-What you're saying is the Shaker style...

-In kit form from America.

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Let you off.

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Now these William De Morgan tiles.

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Three of them, two and two halves.

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How are we going on those? Are we going to say £250 for them?

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£200 for them. What about £100, 110, £120, are you 30?

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£140, 50, 160, Sir, thank you, 170,

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180, are you 90?

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200, 210, at 210 and you coming again, 220.

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230? No, 220 and I'm going to sell them.

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Gentleman has them at £220.

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Sold. Short and sweet, really,

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-but that's predicted, isn't it? Are you happy with that?

-Yes.

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I'm happy with that. It's settled.

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That's a good price, really.

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We've got Elizabeth, we've got Kate and we've got the Lalique vase.

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Unfortunately, we don't have Lynn.

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-She's in...

-Costa Rica.

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Lucky Lynn!

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A place I'd love to go.

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I love this bit of Lalique, and so does Kate. What do you think?

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It's lovely, it's absolutely beautiful.

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She's put the reserve up to £400 so hopefully we're going to get that.

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I don't think that's out of the way. My £300 to £500 is conservative.

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It's really to encourage the buyers.

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But 400, bang in the middle.

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Let's hope somebody today picks it up for £500 plus.

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-Plus!

-That will pay for the holiday in Costa Rica.

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It's going under the hammer right now.

0:22:450:22:47

This is an interesting piece of glass, isn't it?

0:22:470:22:50

My word, there you are, a Lalique blue tinted.

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I think we ought to be looking for £500, £300 are we...?

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We're in. 300.

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Are you 50? £350 bid for it. 380 bid for it, 400.

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Another 20, £450, 480,

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are you 500? 520, bid for it. 550.

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I've got a new bidder at 550.

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And 600 now for you. 600.

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Perhaps 20, yes, 620,

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just another one, 650, and 80 it is.

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680, and 700...

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Bit more. Come on, Liz.

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Finished? 680? I shall sell it away from you at £680!

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£680!

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That was a good result!

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-Fantastic. Who's going to get on the phone, then?

-I will.

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Did she take her mobile with her?

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I don't know. She'll be back tomorrow evening.

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-Will she?!

-Belongs to her mother

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and the money is going towards her mother's care.

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Her mother is in her 90s, and has constant care.

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The money's going to come in very useful.

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It's quality, and quality always sells.

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What a great result. That certainly got my heart pumping

0:24:090:24:12

and after that breathtaking excitement,

0:24:120:24:15

I could do with chilling out for a while.

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And what better way to calm the nerves, recharge the batteries,

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than to take time out at a health spa.

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# You make me feel so young You make me feel so.... #

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For decades people have been pummelled and half-starved

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in these establishments, in the pursuit of health and beauty.

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Nowadays, it's all about relaxing and pampering.

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But in the early days the focus was on natural healing

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and providing cures for a number of conditions

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and it all started here at Champneys, just outside Tring.

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And it's still a health spa today.

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In 1929 a naturopath Stanley Leaf along with a grateful patient

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purchased the mansion along with 170 acres of landscaped gardens

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from Baron Rothschild, and set out turning it into a Mecca for those

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that wanted something alternative than normal medicine, really.

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And Stanley's idea was to promote treating the body as one.

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Holistic health. Mind, body and spirit.

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Stanley had been an obese child with a weak heart.

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It was the desire to strengthen his body

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that led him to seek natural cures.

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An early incident in his life convinced him that they worked.

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Stanley's arm was badly injured during the First World War

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with shrapnel and he believed he avoided its amputation

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and regained its use with a strict exercise and diet regime.

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# Keep fit, take exercise

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# Keep fit and you'll be wise

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# That's it, grow twice your size

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# Whatever you do keep fit... #

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I'm here in the games room which is pretty much how it was back in the 1920s. Nothing much has changed.

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Behind me there's a bronze bust of Stanley Leaf the man himself.

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To find out more about him, I've come here to talk to Dennis Kylie...

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Hi, Dennis

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..who was trained by Stanley and worked here back in the 1950s.

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Does it bring back many memories?

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Yes it does, actually.

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Obviously it's more modernised than when I was here 50 years ago.

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But nevertheless it's good to bring back the nostalgia.

0:26:240:26:27

What was he like? Tell me a little bit about Stanley.

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Obviously he was a pioneer.

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I always thought a very nice gentleman.

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He was a natural healer but he liked discipline

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and he ran this place like a little rod of iron.

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But he was a most approachable character.

0:26:420:26:46

Explain a little bit more about his treatments.

0:26:460:26:49

Well...um...

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Basically naturopathy or nature cure is wholeness.

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You treat the person as a whole.

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So all the treatments involved were things like manipulative treatment.

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There was psychotherapy,

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we used to have all the hydrotherapy, of course.

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There was gymnastics, there were walks he arranged.

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There were a lot of disciplines. Did you really have to the regime?

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It was a strict regime in those days, yes.

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Not so nowadays is it?

0:27:160:27:17

No, it's a little bit more loose nowadays.

0:27:170:27:19

But he was very, very strict indeed. If he said to a patient,

0:27:190:27:23

"Look here I want you in bed by 9.00." Then 9.00 it had to be.

0:27:230:27:27

-By golly you were in bed!

-You're in trouble, yes.

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# Keep young and beautiful

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# It's your duty to be beautiful... #

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Being afraid of Stanley wasn't the only thing that had his patients turning hot and cold.

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These are the famous sitz baths that we have.

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We have the hot and the cold water.

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The patient has a minute in the cold, four minutes in the hot

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and alternates them, three times in each.

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It's for the repletion, depletion of the abdomen

0:27:500:27:53

it improves circulation and I think, on the whole they enjoy it.

0:27:530:27:57

You see if you'd contrast bathing like hot and cold

0:27:570:28:00

you're going to stimulate an area.

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In other words, if I put my hand in say cold water,

0:28:020:28:04

well, then, the blood will go away from it.

0:28:040:28:06

If I put it in hot, the blood comes...

0:28:060:28:09

It's like an internal massage.

0:28:090:28:11

It does sound like a bit of a shock treatment.

0:28:110:28:13

Hot one minute, perspiring, and then freezing cold.

0:28:130:28:17

It wasn't that strong. No, no, you could do it nice and gently.

0:28:170:28:21

How much can anybody stand in that that machine?

0:28:210:28:24

No more I would say than about 15 minutes to 20.

0:28:240:28:26

I'm on low at the moment, you see.

0:28:260:28:28

We have three different temperature gauges on them.

0:28:280:28:33

Do you feel faint when you come out?

0:28:330:28:35

No, I feel invigorated afterwards,

0:28:350:28:37

as long as you have shower... a cold shower and lie down.

0:28:370:28:40

What about diet here? What did most people eat?

0:28:400:28:43

Diet. Well, first of all, today they use this word detox.

0:28:430:28:47

They used to put people on a fast, which is probably a similar thing.

0:28:470:28:50

So you're detoxing. So you're resting the body.

0:28:500:28:53

So some people just had water. Water fast only.

0:28:530:28:56

Others maybe just fruit juices and so on.

0:28:560:28:58

Jolly good health.

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Then he would reintroduce the diet very slowly.

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That would be things like fruit first of all.

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And then he may go on to salads for two or three days.

0:29:060:29:10

Whatever you thought the patient required, so that the individual

0:29:100:29:14

is the most important thing, which is lost today unfortunately.

0:29:140:29:18

It seems very soporific to walk around during the day, not working,

0:29:180:29:23

-wearing a dressing gown and slippers, and just relaxing.

-Oh yes.

0:29:230:29:27

It's a wonderful thing to do.

0:29:270:29:29

I know people check in here for two or three days.

0:29:290:29:31

But back then, did they check in for a lot longer?

0:29:310:29:34

A lot longer. You may have people come from a fortnight,

0:29:340:29:38

three weeks, four weeks, sometimes longer.

0:29:380:29:40

They came from all over the world for his treatment, yes.

0:29:400:29:43

I don't think I would have lasted four weeks of Stanley's treatments.

0:29:430:29:47

Thankfully Champney's today is more beauty camp than boot camp,

0:29:470:29:51

with the emphasis on relaxation, and providing an escape

0:29:510:29:54

from the stresses of a busy modern life.

0:29:540:29:57

Right now I'm going to enjoy the grounds

0:29:580:30:00

in a way that Stanley would have approved.

0:30:000:30:03

On my bike, getting lots of fresh air and exercise.

0:30:030:30:07

Back at the Valuation Day,

0:30:120:30:14

Mark has found something that might inspire him to keep fit.

0:30:140:30:17

-Hello, Barbara.

-Hello, Mark.

0:30:170:30:19

-And now for some monkey business.

-Right.

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This wonderful, little cane, tell me about it. Where did you get it from?

0:30:220:30:26

There's not much history. My mother in law died and my late husband

0:30:260:30:29

just brought it home when he was clearing out the house.

0:30:290:30:33

-When was that?

-Over 20 years ago.

-Over 20 years ago.

-Yeah.

0:30:330:30:36

-You'd never seen it in the house, your mother in law had never shown it to you?

-No.

0:30:360:30:40

-I wonder where she got it from?

-No idea.

-Strange, isn't it?

-Yeah.

0:30:400:30:43

Actually we've got a nice, little baton here

0:30:430:30:47

-which has this nice, wooden shaft.

-A baton? All right.

0:30:470:30:49

-Then it's set with this solid silver monkey on the top.

-Right.

0:30:490:30:56

-Which is hallmarked in London in 1887.

-Really?

0:30:560:30:59

So it's a late Victorian piece, actually, and highly collectable.

0:30:590:31:03

People like these novelty objects.

0:31:030:31:05

Have you ever looked at the monkey in detail?

0:31:050:31:07

No, not till I was polishing it last night.

0:31:070:31:09

He's very nicely made, a lot of texture in his fur, his little feet.

0:31:090:31:14

-Yes.

-Nice little face with the ears, I think it's rather fun, actually.

0:31:140:31:19

-I think it's really nice. So it's not worth anything, then.

-Not to me.

0:31:190:31:23

-It's been under your stairs.

-Exactly!

0:31:230:31:25

-And you can't wait to see the back of it.

-Exactly.

0:31:250:31:29

Well, I think there'll be a lot of people interested in this.

0:31:290:31:32

I think you might be surprised. I'd like to put £100 to £150 on it.

0:31:320:31:37

-Goodness me.

-Is that a surprise?

0:31:370:31:39

-Yes.

-But I hope that we might even double that.

0:31:390:31:43

-Really?

-On the day, yes.

0:31:430:31:44

If what I've seen happening in the salerooms recently occurs.

0:31:440:31:48

I think a lot of people will want to buy it.

0:31:480:31:50

Because it's a monkey, or...

0:31:500:31:52

Because of the monkey. Because it's a bit of Victorian novelty silver.

0:31:520:31:57

-Right.

-So, whereas you hate it...

0:31:570:31:59

Oh, I don't hate it. I just haven't given it a thought.

0:31:590:32:01

-Other people would be climbing trees to get it.

-Very good.

0:32:010:32:06

Susan, is Troika something that you collect?

0:32:150:32:18

No, I don't collect it. I really like it.

0:32:180:32:20

It was a present I bought for my mother

0:32:200:32:22

when we went down to Cornwall in about '72, '73.

0:32:220:32:25

So have you brought it on behalf of your mother?

0:32:250:32:28

No, my mother's dead and I really love it

0:32:280:32:31

but I'm saving up for a VW camper van

0:32:310:32:34

-so that I can travel round France and Italy.

-Oh, lovely.

0:32:340:32:37

And this is going to be my fund, go towards my VW fund.

0:32:370:32:40

-OK, so you're having a bit of a declutter?

-Yes, absolutely.

0:32:400:32:43

-So what do you like about this, do you like it?

-Yes, I do like it.

0:32:430:32:47

I've been humming and hahing whether to sell it or not but I just

0:32:470:32:50

like the design because it reminds me of the tin mines in Cornwall.

0:32:500:32:54

Yes, this side particularly does, doesn't it?

0:32:540:32:57

I can see exactly what you're saying here.

0:32:570:32:59

-This could be a mineshaft, couldn't it?

-Yes.

0:32:590:33:01

This side I love it because it's so different.

0:33:010:33:04

-It is sort of Islamic-y, isn't it?

-It looks like an Islamic mosque.

0:33:040:33:08

-It does.

-And then you've got that

0:33:080:33:11

-incorporated into this very Celtic motif.

-Exactly.

0:33:110:33:15

With four leaves, a quatrefoil motif.

0:33:150:33:18

That combined with the glazes, I think, makes it

0:33:180:33:21

quite an attractive piece.

0:33:210:33:23

Well, I have it on my windowsill

0:33:230:33:25

and it depends on my mood which side I have.

0:33:250:33:27

-Oh, that's interesting. That's a nice way to look at it.

-Yes, I do.

0:33:270:33:31

Well, I think the glazes aren't that unusual.

0:33:310:33:35

Some of the more commercial pieces are a very strong blue colour

0:33:350:33:40

or have a very strong contrast in glazes and design.

0:33:400:33:44

It's known, of course, I'm sure you know,

0:33:440:33:46

as a wheel vase because of the shape of it and it's a medium size.

0:33:460:33:50

What is it about eight inches?

0:33:500:33:52

There's a set estimate price which these pieces go for.

0:33:520:33:58

Any ideas yourself?

0:33:580:33:59

I thought about the 200 mark.

0:34:010:34:03

I think you're about right. I'm gonna say, conservatively,

0:34:030:34:07

150 to 200 but I wouldn't be surprised at all

0:34:070:34:09

-if two collectors went for this it would make 200 plus.

-OK.

0:34:090:34:12

But, I think, 150 as a reserve would be a safety net

0:34:120:34:16

-and it would certainly get them interested.

-OK.

0:34:160:34:18

-Are you happy with that?

-Absolutely, yeah.

0:34:180:34:21

-Well, I wish you luck with your camper van fund.

-Thank you very much.

0:34:210:34:25

-Hello, Gill.

-Hello.

0:34:310:34:32

We love boxes on this show.

0:34:320:34:34

-Shall I open it and show everybody what it is.

-Yes, please.

0:34:340:34:38

There it is a lovely little bar brooch. What's the history of it?

0:34:380:34:41

It was left to me in the 1960s by an elderly aunt. I've never worn it.

0:34:410:34:46

It's been in a jewellery box and it's just such a shame

0:34:460:34:50

to see it shut away and I thought, "No, it's going to go on Flog It!"

0:34:500:34:55

So you've had it for quite a long time, 40 odd years?

0:34:550:34:59

-Yes.

-And you've never worn it.

-No.

0:34:590:35:01

Brooches are difficult,

0:35:010:35:03

-they're not always the most fashionable thing to wear.

-Yes.

0:35:030:35:06

I mean, what we've got is a very nice simple bar brooch there

0:35:060:35:10

-with a floret in the middle of rose cut diamonds.

-Right.

0:35:100:35:13

The actual main body of it is gold, then we've got a thin top sealing

0:35:130:35:17

-of platinum and little platinum rims around the diamonds.

-Wonderful.

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The reason is that diamonds draw in colour from what's around them.

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So if you mount them in a yellow metal, they'll look slightly yellow.

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-Right.

-So this is actually quite a nice little piece.

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Now have you ever thought of selling it before,

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or have you had it valued?

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I've had it valued many years ago and I put it into an auction,

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-a reserve of about 450...

-Right.

-..which it didn't quite make.

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So, I'm just looking sort of maybe it might fetch that. We don't know.

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We hope so. The buyers on the day will decide what it's worth.

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I've discussed it with some of my colleagues who are good on jewellery

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and we feel a more sensible estimate would be 300 to 400

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-with a 300 fixed reserve.

-Right, OK.

0:36:030:36:05

-How would you feel about that?

-Yes, I'm quite happy.

0:36:050:36:07

-To give it a go.

-I'm happy with that.

0:36:070:36:09

If we get a reasonable price, would you get another piece of jewellery

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or do something else with it?

0:36:130:36:14

If it reached its price, no, I'll treat my little new grandson

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that was born this week and also my elder son is running the marathon

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for the British Heart Foundation and I'd like to contribute to that.

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I look forward to seeing you at the auction and thank you so much.

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You're welcome, thank you.

0:36:310:36:32

Let's take a last look before our items head off to the auction rooms at Tring.

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There was no monkey business from Mark,

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he thinks Barbara's cane will walk straight out of the auction.

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Troika is an old favourite in the salerooms

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but the rarity of the pattern should help Susan's vase.

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Let's hope the rose cut diamond brooch sparkles on the day.

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The money is going to charity and Gill's new grandson.

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This should walk out the saleroom, shouldn't it? The walking stick!

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Remember it's got the little silver monkey on its head.

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We're looking at £100 to £150.

0:37:140:37:16

-Who have you got here?

-These are my granddaughters.

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This is Georgia who was 11 yesterday and this is Lauren.

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-And how old are you?

-Seven.

0:37:230:37:25

Oh, a big seven, aren't you? Yes...

0:37:250:37:29

-I think this is quality, Mark.

-Oh, I love it.

-It's cheeky.

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It's very cheeky, it's very Victorian.

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It's just really caught my eye, the little monkey perched on the top,

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fully hallmarked which is rather nice.

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Late Victorian, it should easily do £120, £150.

0:37:410:37:45

-It's got to, yeah. Are you ready for this, girls?

-BOTH: Yes.

0:37:450:37:48

The auctioneer's gonna flog it. Here we go.

0:37:480:37:50

Here's a good cane.

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This is one for Sunday. There you are, lot 705.

0:37:510:37:55

The silver monkey terminal, 1887.

0:37:550:37:58

There you are, Jubilee year, yeah.

0:37:580:38:00

It's Golden Jubilee year, 1887.

0:38:000:38:02

What shall we say for this one, £100 for the monkey... £100?

0:38:020:38:06

£50? 60 I'm bid for it.

0:38:060:38:07

70 I'm bid. 80. 90 I'm bid. 100 I'm bid.

0:38:070:38:10

100 I'm bid and 10 now. 110 I'm bid for the monkey. 110...

0:38:100:38:15

-And 20? 120 I'm bid for it.

-This is good.

-130 and 40...

-Wow.

0:38:150:38:19

130 I'm bid for it.

0:38:190:38:20

Are you out at 130? The monkey's going.

0:38:200:38:23

For £130 then...

0:38:230:38:26

The monkey's gone.

0:38:260:38:27

-Bang, the hammer's gone down, £130.

-Thank you.

0:38:270:38:30

Who gets all that?

0:38:300:38:33

I think we'll perhaps go out for a meal, what do you reckon?

0:38:330:38:36

-Yes? Family meal,

-Family meal. And a little present, I think.

0:38:360:38:40

-Perhaps.

-Along the way, don't you?

0:38:400:38:42

-A good result.

-It wasn't bad but I bet you, Paul,

0:38:420:38:45

those two can be cheeky monkeys when they want to be, can't they?

0:38:450:38:49

-Are you cheeky monkeys?

-Sometimes.

0:38:490:38:51

Sometimes!

0:38:510:38:53

They say diamonds are a girl's best friend,

0:38:590:39:02

we'll find out right now. Gill, a whole brooch full of them. £400.

0:39:020:39:06

-I know.

-That'll be nice, wouldn't it?

-It would be nice, yes.

0:39:060:39:10

500 hopefully, Mark.

0:39:100:39:11

Well yes, I mean, let's be realistic. It's a very, very pretty brooch

0:39:110:39:15

with some nice diamonds in there but brooches aren't the most fashionable.

0:39:150:39:20

No, but lots of diamonds that could get broken down

0:39:200:39:22

-into maybe some earrings or a ring.

-Yes, certainly.

0:39:220:39:25

-You could take the floret off and have it mounted into a band which would make a nice ring.

-Yes.

0:39:250:39:30

You haven't worn this, have you?

0:39:300:39:34

I've never worn it and it nearly got lost once in the shed, in a box.

0:39:340:39:39

-It nearly got thrown away.

-Gosh.

0:39:390:39:41

So I thought let's get rid of it. I've had it 40 years.

0:39:410:39:44

-You've had it 40 years.

-40 years.

0:39:440:39:46

-Never worn it.

-Never worn, no.

0:39:460:39:48

Everything goes around in circles, fashion changes.

0:39:480:39:51

Hopefully, it'll start today and somebody will wear this.

0:39:510:39:54

It's going under the hammer now.

0:39:540:39:56

Now we have a gold and old cut diamond daisy brooch.

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There we are. Where do we go for this brooch?

0:40:000:40:02

Do we do 350 for it?

0:40:020:40:03

300, there's some stones.

0:40:030:40:06

250 I'm bid for it, then. Thank you.

0:40:060:40:08

250 I'm bid for it.

0:40:080:40:09

260 and 70. And 80...

0:40:090:40:12

That's better. He started going in the wrong direction for a minute.

0:40:120:40:15

-290 for the diamonds.

-Come on.

0:40:150:40:18

300 this end. At £300.

0:40:180:40:20

And 10 now, at 300 then, thank you.

0:40:200:40:22

Going down for £300 then... Thank you.

0:40:220:40:26

Yes, the hammer's gone down, just.

0:40:260:40:28

We have a valuation of 300 to 400.

0:40:280:40:30

-So it's on the reserve there.

-Jolly good.

0:40:300:40:32

We were a bit too optimistic, thinking four to four and a half.

0:40:320:40:35

-It's gone.

-I'm pleased.

-What will you put the money towards?

0:40:350:40:39

I'm going to treat my little grandson who's a month old today.

0:40:390:40:42

-What's his name?

-Oliver.

0:40:420:40:44

Oliver, good old Ollie, yeah. What are you gonna buy him?

0:40:440:40:47

-Oh...

-You don't know.

-I don't know.

-Let him choose!

0:40:470:40:50

Susan I hope you get a lot of money

0:40:560:40:58

-to put towards that camper van to do a tour round Europe.

-I hope so.

0:40:580:41:02

A Volkswagen camper van, will it be one with a pop up roof?

0:41:020:41:05

-Oh, yes...

-And with the accessories.

-Oh yes, absolutely.

-A proper picnic.

0:41:050:41:08

-Flowers on the side.

-Let's hope this Troika vase gets you there.

0:41:080:41:12

I like it, Troika is a great studio name.

0:41:120:41:14

It's got quality, it's got everything going for it.

0:41:140:41:17

-We're looking at £150.

-It should really do that.

0:41:170:41:20

-There's quite a lot of Troika in the sale as well.

-Yeah, I saw that.

0:41:200:41:23

-So the collectors will be here.

-Fingers crossed.

0:41:230:41:26

We just need a proper job done from our auctioneer, don't we?

0:41:260:41:29

In traditional Cornish fashion. It's going under the hammer.

0:41:290:41:33

A Troika wheel vase and that's a nice example.

0:41:330:41:36

-Are we gonna start at £200 for it?

-Yes, yes, yes!

0:41:360:41:39

£200, £100 for it... Yes, 100 is bid for this piece of Troika.

0:41:390:41:43

Thank you. 100 is bid for it.

0:41:430:41:46

Now, 110. At 110, 120... 130, 140.

0:41:460:41:52

150 perhaps? Yes?

0:41:520:41:54

150 surely. 150.

0:41:540:41:57

-Yes! A fresh bidder

-160, you're all in a group. 170 now.

0:41:570:42:00

170, 180? 180. 190, is it?

0:42:000:42:04

190. It's gonna be 200, surely.

0:42:040:42:07

-It is, yes.

-At £190. 200, I'm bid.

-That's great.

0:42:070:42:10

210, 220 and 30.

0:42:100:42:13

Are you going to be 40? 230, and 40 now. No? 230, sir.

0:42:130:42:19

240 I'm bid now.

0:42:190:42:21

-250 and 60 is it? 260 and 70. At 270...

-He's doing a proper job.

0:42:210:42:27

280 now. 280... 290.

0:42:270:42:30

300, £300 and 310...

0:42:300:42:33

Are you gonna be 20?

0:42:330:42:35

-320? No.

-I can't believe it.

0:42:350:42:37

It's holding its value at £320 and I shall sell it away from you.

0:42:370:42:42

It's going at 320 then.

0:42:420:42:45

-Yes, £320!

-Fantastic.

-Ah!

0:42:450:42:47

-Almost double its estimate.

-Absolutely.

0:42:470:42:50

Oh, Susan, I tell you what you've got to do...

0:42:500:42:52

-Thank you so much.

-That's OK.

0:42:520:42:53

When you buy your camper van, use it, tour all over Europe.

0:42:530:42:56

You can resell it and hopefully get your money back.

0:42:560:42:59

-I'll flog it on Flog It!

-Exactly!

0:42:590:43:01

-Bring it along to one of our Flog Its!

-I will.

0:43:010:43:03

We'll sell the camper van.

0:43:030:43:04

-Shall we do that?

-Thank you so much.

0:43:040:43:06

-That's a great price.

-Good price.

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We've sold absolutely everything.

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All credit to our experts, they were certainly rocking today!

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We've had a great time here in Tring and I can't wait to come back.

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